Video: Introduction to Philosophy Online Class Session — The Mind and Consciousness, Part 1: Substance Dualism and Property Dualism

The following is a video recording of my recent Introduction to Philosophy online class session on substance dualism and property dualism, Part 1 of a three-part series on the mind and consciousness. See below for a list of topics covered in this online class session.

Introduction to Philosophy Online Class Session — The Mind and Consciousness, Part 1: Substance Dualism and Property Dualism

Date

April 21, 2020

Instructor

Zachary Fruhling, College of Eastern Idaho

Topics Covered:

• Attendance Question: Are the mind and body (or brain) distinct, or is the mind merely whatever is going on inside the brain?

• Dualism:

  • Substance Dualism (Descartes)

  • Property Dualism (Chalmers)

  Monism:

  • Idealism

  • Materialism/Physicalism:

    • Identity Theory

    • Behaviorism

    • Functionalism

• Idealism:

  • George Berkeley

  • Immanuel Kant & Transcendental Idealism

• Pros and Cons of Substance Dualism

• Pros and Cons of Property Dualism

• David Chalmers:

  • The Hard Problem of Consciousness

  • Property Dualism and Emergence

  • The Zombie Thought Experiment

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