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Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
In general, dualism is the view that, for some particular domain, there are two fundamental kinds. In theology, for example a ‘dualist’ is someone who believes that Good and Evil – or God and the Devil – are independent and more or less equal forces in the world.
Dualism | Definition, Religion, Examples, Significance ...
In religion, dualism means the belief in two supreme opposed powers or gods, or sets of divine or demonic beings, that caused the world to exist.
Dualism - Wikipedia
Mind–body dualism, or substance dualism, a philosophical view which holds that mental phenomena are, at least in certain respects, not physical phenomena, or that the mind and the body are distinct and separable from one another
Dualism in Philosophy: Exploring the Mind-Body Dichotomy
Dualism, in its essence, proposes that reality consists of two fundamentally different substances or principles. These substances often represent opposing forces—such as mind and body, good and evil, or even spirit and matter.
Dualism | Philosophy of Mind: A Very Short Introduction ...
Dualism is thought, by its proponents, to solve one of the great problems in philosophy: the mind‒body problem. Cartesian dualism and René Descartes’s arguments are based on the premise that it is possible to imagine one’s mind existing without one’s body and one’s body without one’s mind.
Dualism: Explanation and Examples - Philosophy Terms
In the modern world “dualism” most often refers to “mind-body dualism,” or the idea that the mind is separate from the body. That is, a dualist is someone who believes that knowledge, thought, consciousness, the self, etc., exist in some way beyond the physical body.
Dualism (philosophy of mind) | Research Starters - EBSCO
Dualism in the philosophy of mind is the view that the mind and body are distinct entities. This perspective posits that the mind, which encompasses thought and consciousness, is immaterial and cannot be measured, while the body, composed of physical matter, is tangible.
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