SCHOLARS soul mind and body

Question 1

Plato

Answer 1

dualist (ao1)

Question 2

Aristotle

Answer 2

materialist (ao1)

Question 3

Descartes

Answer 3

substance dualism (ao1)

Question 4

gilbert ryle

Answer 4

descartes makes a category mistake

Question 5

John Searle

Answer 5

biological naturalism- mental states are both caused by and realised in the brain’s physical processes, but are not reducible to them

Question 6

Thomas Aquinas

Answer 6

combines Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology, emphasising the unity of the soul and body and advocating for the soul’s immortality ???

Question 7

Paul Churchland

Answer 7

common sense psychological concepts will eventually be eliminated as neuroscience progresses- even if there are not currently sufficient explanations for the problem, there inevitably will be

Question 8

Daniel Dennett

Answer 8

Views the mind as a computational system- rejects traditional conceptions of the inner soul in favour of a more mechanistic understanding

Question 9

David Chalmers

Answer 9

property dualism, where mental propertied are non-physical yet emergent from physical processes

Question 10

Richard Swinburne

Answer 10

defends substance dualism- soul’s existence and identity being independent from the physical brain