PSYCH 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9 (Barrett) & Appendix 1 (Clark): Bayesian Network, Epiphenomenalism, List Of Muppets
10 May 2017
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Beliefs and thoughts may be powerful, but not physical in nature; the mind is therefore distinct from the physical world. Dualism tells us what the mind is not, but doesn"t say much about what it is. Parallelism: the mind and body are distinct, causally isolated - neither can affect the other, though synchronization seems to explain the seemingly causal roles: ie, two clocks for physical and mental running at the same time without interacting. Epiphenomenalism: physical and mental are causally isolated. Physical can cause mental, but mental can"t cause physical - beliefs and thoughts accompany and are caused by brain activity, but don"t case the body to actually act. Issue: it seems more like it should be the other way around - ie the desire to have something encourages you to go get it. Interactionism: mental and physical are distinct but causally related.
