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Dualism: Ghost In The Machine
The mind-body paradox, also called the mind-body problem by philosophers, can be understood if we take our human mind as a non-physical entity, outside the physical world of the body and the brain itself.
The mind, with all its feelings and experiences, exists as a spiritual phenomenon and controls the body like a drone pilot controls the drone. This view is known as Dualism.
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Consciousness
... is beyond matter and beyond all scientific mathematics. The euphoria of love and many such wonderful feelings cannot be captured by the quantitative methods adopted by science.
The reality of consciousness is qualitative, and the materialist and dualist theories seem inadequate.
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Panpsychism
One of the approaches of idealists, called panpsychism, claims that both physical matter and consciousness are fundamental, and particles, energies and fields are simply forms of consciousness.
This approach tries to bridge the gaps left by dualism and materialism in our mind-boggling...
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The Mind And The Body
Neuroscience says our brain has 86 billion neurons, linked in various ways, making trillions of connections. These neuron connections are getting converted into electrical signals, making a network of electro-chemical communication inside us.
This communication is providing us with a life ...
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Idealism
Idealism states that consciousness is all that exists in reality, and the physical world is nothing but an illusion, a construct generated from our own minds.
This is also discussed as The Simulation Theory, where the laws of physics and reality are nothing but rules in a...
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The Materialist Way
Science has done a great job observing, dissecting and manipulating physical materials (matter) and seems to think the materialist method is the best way to go for the mysteries of the brain. It does not take a good view of the dualism theory, where the soul (residing in our brain) controls the b...
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- It is an independent, unique entity, a special feature of physical reality, and can be a different reality in itself.
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The Beginnings of Psychology
Psychology was not separate from philosophy until the late 1800s.
- During the 17th century, philosopher Rene Descartes introduced the idea of dualism - that the mind and body were two entities that interact to complete the human experience.
- While early philosophers relied on ...
The construal-level theory
Distance, whether physical, time-oriented, or social, makes the human mind think in an abstract manner. This is known as the construal-level theory.
Being physically distant from the problem at hand makes our viewpoint abstract, which can help us provide a birds-...
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