Soul Mind & Body Scholars

Question 1

Dawkins on Mind, Body and Soul

Answer 1

• believes that there is only material in existence
• Accepts the mystery of human consciousness and puts forward the “Soul one and soul two hypothesis”
• “we are merely bytes and bytes of DNA”

Question 2

Skinner on Mind, Body and Soul

Answer 2

• Believes that all human actions and thoughts are a result of learned behaviours
• “not some nonphysical world of consciousness, mind or mental life but the observer’s own body”

Question 3

Descartes on the Mind, Body and Soul

Answer 3

• thinks that there are distinct substances of body and mind

- I think therefore I am

Question 4

Gilbert Ryle

Answer 4

• Thinks that both the dualist and Materialist perspectives are mistaken in their understanding of the mind-body question
• “both Idealism and Materialism are answers to an improper question”

Question 5

Kieth Ward view of the body and soul

Answer 5

Human beings are more than simply matter which make up bodies. Shown in bible- Adam not only formed in the dust of the earth but also life giving breath by God (Genesis 2:7). Moral and spiritual element in us, which we call the soul, because it comes from what is eternal. The eternal life of the human soul is manifest in our recognition that we have a relationship with God that death cannot destroy

Question 6

Aristotle quote on soul

Answer 6

“one should not ask if the soul and body are one any more than one should ask if the wax and shape are separate” De Anima