intro to mind-body problem

Question 1

what is the ontological question?

Answer 1

what are mental states & physical states? are all mental states physical states or vice versa?

• physical states = public, mass & weight
• minds are opposite

Question 2

what is the causal question?

Answer 2

do physical states influence mental states? do mental states influence physical states? if so, how?

• physical states can produce/cause mental states & vice versa

Question 3

substance dualism

Answer 3

mind & body are two distinct substances

Question 4

property dualism

Answer 4

one substance (physical) - with two properties

Question 5

physicalism

monism

Answer 5

all mental phenomena are ultimately physical phenomena

Question 6

idealism

monism

Answer 6

all reality is ultimately ideas in the mind and material objects do not exist

Question 7

monism

Answer 7

thesis that there is only one kind of thing in the universe and everything is made of that one substance

Question 8

dualism

Answer 8

thesis that mental and physical are in some sense radically different things