Theories of reality 10-03-02 Tuesday
ANNOUNCEMENTS-
*Read chapter four by tuesday
*Hand out will be given on tuesday in class
*On the Analytical Journal, no more than four different topics per section and no less than one page on topic section.
*Topic to write about: Are the mind and body an different thing? If so, how do they interact? If not, why do they seem different?
COVERAGE OF METERIAL DISCUSSED IN CLASS-
Major Theories of Reality
*Monist-one kind of things exists
-Materialism- everything is physical
-idealism-every thing is mental or spiritual
*Dualism-there are two kinds of things,both physical and mental thing.
*Pluralism-many different kind of things exist or that categories are arbrary "conventional"
Nihilism nothing exists- Not tested
*DESCARTES-CARTESIAN-
-Interactionism-
Mind+body causally interact in the brain (pine gland)
Animal with out an soul-can't feel pain/Human have a soul
*MIND EFFECT BODY* nausea
-stress/something a person say to you and you get mad causing effecting body= high blood pressure/fake drugs causing the mind to think its affecting the body.
Placebo effect is the mind affecting the body
Analogy with gravity- don't know how it work but ex p tells us it does.