Soul, Mind and Body

Question 1

What is Plato’s view of the soul?

Answer 1

‘Triparte soul’:
Logos- reason- located in the head
Thymos- spirit- located in the chest
Eros- desire- located in the stomach

Question 2

What analogy does Plato use to describe his ‘triparte soul’?

Answer 2

Analogy of a chariot rider riding a chariot being pulled by two winged horses
Chariot- Logos
Horse 1- Eros
Horse 2- Thymos

Question 3

What is Aristotle’s view of the soul?

Answer 3

The soul exists and gives the body life
It is not eternal and cannot be separated from the body

Question 4

What analogy does Aristotle use to describe his view of the soul?

Answer 4

Analogy of a stamp and was seal
The imprint on the was seal cannot be separated from the stamp, the process requires both parts to be whole- like how the body and soul are one

Question 5

Substance dualism

Answer 5

The belief that the mind and body exist as two separate and distinct things

Question 6

Dualism

Answer 6

The belief that there are two distinct and separate parts of reality

Question 7

What is the Masked Man Fallacy?

Answer 7

It is possible to conceive of two things which are the same but to think of them as separate

Question 8

Property Dualism

Answer 8

There is only one kind of substance (material) but that exists with two properties, mental and physical

Question 9

Materialism

Answer 9

We consider that the mind, soul or essence of a person exists as a result of the chemical activity within our physical being, nothing more

Question 10

DESCARTES
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