PHIL 100 Lecture Notes - Physicalism, Thought Experiment, Hemispherectomy
17 Sep 2013
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Second assignment: what is the nature of mind? is an important question many philosophers look to study when analyzing a particular branch of philosophy known as the philosophy of mind. Amongst the many different types of philosophers, such as dualists, monists, idealists, and physicalists, there are several different combinations of beliefs based on the mind and body, and whether or not mental and/or physical substances exist. Just like any other topic in philosophy, there are always arguments for and against. Armstrong, being a physicalist, believes there is only one kind of substance in the world, and those substances are physical. This is the basis behind the definition of physicalism. In his argument he states, first that science can explain all the phenomena in the world, and if science can explain all the phenomena in the world, then physicalism is true. On the contrary, frank jackson presents an argument against physicalism through the.
