PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Gilbert Ryle, Dualism (Philosophy Of Mind), Pineal Gland
15 May 2017
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The mind and body interact in some way through the brain. Descartes isn(cid:495)t clear about how this takes place. Designated the pineal gland as the (cid:494)master switch(cid:495) Gilbert ryle ~ descartes" myth (behaviorism = physicalism/materialism) The 2 are somehow connected, and interact with one another. Mind is separate from the body since one can imagine being without a body. Official doctrine of dualism results in a view of human beings as being. According to this theory, minds, which are not material, and that do not exist in space, are trapped into bodies that are material, exist in space and follow laws of physics. Thoughts and impressions of mind remain private, since they do not exist in space. While the actions of the body are public, since they can be observed by others. If one is to gain any access into the thoughts of others, it has to be done through
