01:830:123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: 2 Guns, Jaegwon Kim, Paul Feyerabend
23 Mar 2016
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His book: the emperor"s new soul these lectures are a sneak preview of this book. The traditional soul is a scientific claim. Contrary to what many believe, there is no real evidence supporting the existence of the soul. Moreover, modern physics, biology, and psychology render the existence of the soul extremely implausible. There is solid evidence supporting the conclusion that our minds arise form the operation of our brains materialism. We have nothing to lose morally, spiritually, or aesthetically y giving up our soul beliefs. Aristotle"s souls: nutritive soul (plants, sensitive soul (non-human animals, rational soul (humans) Today: assumption that god exists, when you die, something about you (soul), you will meet god, in the beginning, god created etc. Denies evolution: of americans believe heaven is real. Car crash and the people"s souls leave their bodies. So obviously the people who made this has a traditional view. Dualism is the concept that our mind is more than just our brain.
