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The Interaction problem for Dualism


How do modern dualists address the problem of interaction? - Reddit

The Interaction Problem is very difficult to state, but has a lot of intuitive force. The problem arises from the dualist's claim that there are ...

Descartes's dualism faces two classic objections. The Interaction Probl

I call this the Human. Self Problem, and suggest a way that Descartes can resolve it. Key Words: Descartes, self, dualism, mind-body problems, embodiment, ...

Mind-Body Dualism | Solving the Interaction Problem - Steve Patterson

I call it a theory of indirect interaction. Mind and body do not directly interact, but they effectively interact – ie the state of one affects the state of ...

The Interaction problem for Dualism - The Philosophy Forum

The interaction problem is a problem for Dualism, the view of the mind that humans have two parts, an immaterial mind and the body I will state it as it ...

How do modern dualists explain the mind-body interaction?

A serious challenge for dualism is explaining how mind and body interact if they are made of ontologically different substances.

Interactionism (philosophy of mind) - Wikipedia

Interactionism or interactionist dualism is the theory in the philosophy of mind which holds that matter and mind are two distinct and independent ...

Dualism and Mind | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

According to most substance dualists, mind and body are capable of causally affecting each other. This form of substance dualism is known as interactionism. Two ...

Dualism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

According to this theory, mental events are caused by physical events, but have no causal influence on the physical. I have introduced this ...

Theories of Mind (Part 4): The Interaction Problem | Majesty of Reason

The interaction problem for dualism consists in two seemingly intractable questions concerning the causal influence between mind and body.

What is the biggest problem with the theory of substance dualism?

Dualism is based on a false belief that consciousness is magic. The belief stems from the fact there is a disconnect between so-called ...

Substance Dualism (Part Four): The Problem of Interaction

In this post, I turn to the second of those three argument: the argument from the problem of interaction.

The interaction problem, Part II - Edward Feser

One reason why the interaction problem does not strictly refute Cartesian dualism is that the Cartesian dualist could always simply deny that ...

Objections to Dualism - PhilArchive

In fact, however, every theory about the mind has its own analogue of the interaction problem that crops up precisely at the point where the precise relation ...

Mind-Body Dualism: Solving the Interaction Problem - YouTube

Original article here: http://steve-patterson.com/mind-body-dualism-solving-problem-interaction/ Dualism is an attractive philosophy with an ...

Interaction problem - (Science and the Sacred) - Fiveable

This issue is particularly significant in dualistic frameworks, where the separation of mental and physical realms raises questions about how mental states can ...

Dualism - Philosophy A Level

Another issue for substance dualism is how mental things can causally interact with physical things when they are supposed to be two completely separate ...

Mind-Body Dualism and the Problem of Interaction

Interactionism on substance dualism maintains that the mind and body, or mental events and physical events, causally influence each other. Some ...

Why I think the interaction problem is real | Uncommon Descent

One of the strongest arguments for materialism, however, is that its alternative, dualism, is untenable. The main problem confronting dualism is the “ ...

Mind-body dualism | Definition, Theories, & Facts | Britannica

mind-body dualism, in its original and most radical formulation, the philosophical view that mind and body (or matter) are fundamentally ...

René Descartes: The Mind-Body Distinction

Hence, the thesis that mind and body are really distinct just means that each could exist all by itself without any other creature, including each other, if God ...