<h1>Dualism</h1>
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<li>Something about us is over and above the purely material, physical stuff</li>
<li>Argument for dualism
<ul>
<li>Can thought, feelings, experience, reason, etc. be fully explained in purely physical terms?</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Substance Dualism</h2>
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<li>View that <a href="/second-brain/mind">mind</a>s and <a href="/second-brain/brain">brain</a>s are different kinds of things</li>
<li>Allows for a <a href="/second-brain/mind">mind</a> to exist after the <a href="/second-brain/brain">brain</a> dies off
<ul>
<li>They are independently existing things</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Split into two categories:
<ul>
<li><strong>Popular Dualism</strong>
<ul>
<li>The <a href="/second-brain/mind">mind</a> is like a ghost that resides within the <a href="/second-brain/body">body</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Cartesian Dualism</strong>
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<li>The <a href="/second-brain/mind">mind</a> is a non-physical substance that doesn't exist in space</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Property Dualism</h2>
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<li>View that there's only one kind of thing but two kinds of properties</li>
<li>The <a href="/second-brain/mind">mind</a> cannot exist after the <a href="/second-brain/brain">brain</a> dies off
<ul>
<li>They are not independently existing things</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="/second-brain/philosophy">Philosophy</a></p>

Dualism

Substance Dualism

Property Dualism

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