soul, mind and body

Question 1

what is the soul?

Answer 1

understood to be the non-physical essence of a person

Question 2

what is consciousness?

Answer 2

awareness or perception

Question 3

what is a substance?

Answer 3

a subject which has different properties attributed to it

Question 4

what is dualism?

Answer 4

belief that reality can be divided into two distinct parts such as physical and non-physical

Question 5

what is substance dualism?

Answer 5

belief that mind and body exist as two distinct and separate realities or substances

Question 6

what is materialism?

Answer 6

belief that only physical matter exists, and that the mind can be explained in physical terms as chemical activity in the brain

Question 7

what is reductive materialism?

Answer 7

identity theory- view that mental events are identical with physical occurrences in brain

Question 8

what is a category error?

Answer 8

problem of language arises when things talked about as if they belong to one category when they belong to another

Question 9

what is monism?

Answer 9

denies the existence of a distinction or duality so soul and body are the same, one kind of existence

Question 10

what does metaphysics deal with?

Answer 10

questions about what exists, essential nature of things that exist, existence of god etc