Astronomy 2021A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Molecular Machine, Physical Law, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

• School: Western University
• Department: Astronomy
• Course: Astronomy 2021A/B
• Professor: Martin Zinke- Allmang

Document Summary

Dualism: the view that body and mind are two different kinds of substances. The body is material (physical) and the mind is immaterial (nonphysical) Interactionist dualism: a form of dualism in which minds can affect bodies, and bodies can affect minds. Epiphenomenalism: a form of dualism in which bodies can affect minds, but minds cannot affect bodies. Materialism: the view that both minds and bodies are material or physical things. Functionalism: identifies our mental states with functional roles occupied by, or jobs performed by, physical states of the brain. Eliminative materialism: advances in neurosciences will eventually prove that there really are no minds, no mental states and no mental events. Physical: any entity that is subject to the laws of physics (the body) Nonphysical: defined by contrast to physical, anything that lacks physical properties and, so, is not governed by the laws of physics (the mind)