Answer by Dcleve for Does mind-body dualism entail supernaturalism?
No, you are conflating two different definitions of supernatural.One definition is ontologic. It is that things that are spiritual, or mental, are in some non-physical category. Many physicalists use...
View ArticleAnswer by Jo Wehler for Does mind-body dualism entail supernaturalism?
It is a bit outdated and misleading to contrast the bodily and the mental aspect of a person as the dichotomy "body - mind".“Body” versus ”mind” creates the impression that both are distinct...
View ArticleAnswer by Marco Ocram for Does mind-body dualism entail supernaturalism?
Not really. I can see where you are coming from, but few people would equate the mind with the supernatural. Minds seem to be natural phenomena, and we encounter the apparent effects of the existence...
View ArticleDoes mind-body dualism entail supernaturalism?
The concept of mind-body dualism emphasizes a profound division between the mental and physical dimensions of human existence, positing the body as physical and the mind as non-physical. With this...
View ArticleAnswer by David Gudeman for Does mind-body dualism entail supernaturalism?
Be careful not to conflate naturalism with physicalism. Physicalism is the doctrine that everything is reducible to physics: mass and energy, electric charge, gravitation, etc. Naturalism is the...
View ArticleAnswer by Chris Sunami for Does mind-body dualism entail supernaturalism?
This is an old debate, and one without a settled answer, despite what many may claim. To start with, we need to know what we mean by naturalism:naturalism, in philosophy, a theory that relates...
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