PSYC 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Property Dualism, Qualia, Counterargument
3 Mar 2017
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Popular dualism the mind is still a spiritual substance but it does have a location (inside the head on most accounts) Property dualism the world is of physical kind the mind has special properties (physical/mental: epiphenomenalism the brain influences the mind but not vice versa. Arguments against dualism localization of brain function there are particular parts of the brain that do specific things; can lose mental things when something physical happens (lose desires when a part of the brain does not function) Two kinds of monism idealism (berkeley) we are all ideas inside god"s imagination. Counterargument is the qualia problem again functionalism. If something is conscious then we assume that they have similar mental states then it is good enough to classify them as close to us (even if they are simply acting conscious or are actually conscious) Working memory necessary for holding information on-line , usually for brief periods of time, while other cognitive activities are carried out.
