Codie Highland
Dualism
In this essay, I will discuss and logically analyze the opinions in approval of substance dualism and conclude that substance dualism is, undeniable, positively and definitely accurate. Firstly, it is vital to describe what precisely substance dualism is. Basically, it implores the question of: what kind of thing is our mind? According to substance dualists, "the mind and the body are composed of different substances and that the mind is a thinking thing that lacks the usual attributes of physical objects such as size, shape, location etc." [Descartes] Substance dualism is tested with opinions which recommend its soundness.
At the start, I will talk about the argument from the religion aspect for dualism. Most major…show more content… This argument is very similar to the irreducibility argument, in that no physical explanation will be sufficient for explaining the mental. For instance, the limits of physics and psychology cannot possibly give details about human mental powers such as telekinesis, clairvoyance, telepathy and precognition. A phenomenon such as these reveals the undeniable nonphysical and unimportant nature of the human mind and hence makes a great argument for substance dualism. But, this argument has been critiqued for being uncertain, such as "there is not one parapsychological effect that can be repeatedly or reliably produced in any laboratory suitably equipped to perform and control the experiment." [Churchland] On the other hand, science is a vast field which is constantly growing and new innovations are made regularly. In the future, scientists may just determine a parapsychological outcome that can contribute to this…show more content… This for all intents and purposes states that if we can think of something, then it is possible. This does appear to be a valid argument in my opinion, as it does not appear possible to think of something which is impossible, such as perceiving a bird moving up and down at the same time. As a result, it is conceivable for our thoughts to be just as they are, even though our body no longer exists and so our non-physical thoughts must separate from our body. In addition, I also believe this is a valid argument; certainly our thoughts are not a physical thing as it does not have any crucial properties of physical things? Descartes as we know expected that since our thoughts are of no importance, it was not possible in today’s science, since science deals with only material
