Soul mind and body key knowledge - SM&B

Question 1

What was everyone’s views of the soul

Answer 1

Aristotle - Property dualism / materialist
Dawkins - reductive materialism
Plato - dualist
Descartes - substance dualist

Question 2

Materialism

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Property dualism

Answer 3

The doctrine that mental properties are distinct from and irreducible to physical properties,

Question 4

Reductive materialism

Answer 4

Identity theory - mental events are identical with physical occurrences in our brain

Question 5

Dualism

Answer 5

The belief that reality can be divided into two distinct parts e.g. good and evil

Question 6

Substance dualism

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Soul

Answer 7

Often but not always understood to be the non-physical essence of a person

Question 8

Consciousness

Answer 8

Awareness or perception

Question 9

Category error

Answer 9

A problem of language that arises when things are talked about as if they belong to one category when they in fact belong to another