PSYC 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Incandescent Light Bulb, Property Dualism, Emergence
Document Summary
You(cid:396) e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:396)ed is(cid:374)"t so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g physical, but it is part of the soul: monism (physicalism): mind and body are intertwined. It provides light, and in the process, it makes heat. Led lights do not produce heat, but it still functions as a lightbulb: you(cid:396) (cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e is(cid:374)"t doi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g it is the byproduct of setting the physical system up. Interactionist property dualism (emergentism): intelligent properties can have emergent properties from simple rules; consciousness is emergent phenomenon that (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e (cid:396)edu(cid:272)ed to o(cid:374)e (cid:374)eu(cid:396)o(cid:374: ant is dumb individually, but have emergent behavior when put together. Types of monism: reductive materialism (type physicalism): every mental state you have will someday be explained as certain neurons wiring together in a certain pattern. Every mental state corresponds to a physical state or a type of neural activity: ex: every time a sea fiber fires, you feel pain.
