Dualism (philosophy of mind)

In philosophy of mind, dualism is a set of beliefs which

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begin with the claim that the mental and the physical have a fundamentally different nature. It is contrasted with varying

Related Topics:
Mental - Physical

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kinds of monism, including materialism and phenomenalism. Dualism is one answer to the mind-body problem. Pluralism holds that there are even more kinds of events or things in the world.

Related Topics:
Monism - Materialism - Phenomenalism - Mind-body problem - Pluralism

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Note that other fields have their own meanings for "dualism". See

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dualism.

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