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beyond their own myopic existence. Can conscious experience be separate from the brain, and can conscious experience wield causal...
thing" sets the stage for each of his subsequent steps. In Step 2 he delineates his completeness into one of its two parts, the b...
something called substance dualism such as the dualism of two different sorts of things like property dualism for example (1995). ...
infinite substance: God, "the universal essence or nature of everything that exists" (Wozniak, 1995). Spinoza (1997) persevered a...
ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...
that the condition for being in a mental state should be given by the function of that state and also, this is meant to be in term...
In eight pages this paper examines Cartesian Dualism in this consideration of the problems associated with the mind and body. Sev...
say that empirical scientific methodology is not appropriate for the study of faith-based religious belief). Anomalous monism stat...
This 3 page paper gives an explanation of how meditation can help healing. This paper includes the practice of meditation for heal...
In five pages the dualism that exist between mind and body is considered in the works of Cornman, Smart, and Fodor. Three sources...
In five pages this research paper examines the correlation between the mind and body within the context of Dr. Thomas S. Szasz's T...
In two pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes' theory on the dualism between the mind and body had negative consequences fo...
considering them in De homine, and proposing that there was some kind of interaction between the two, Descartes provided a more cl...
In four pages Descartes' contention that the mind is known more easily than the body is evaluated along with a consideration of th...
also saw mind and body as two separate substance. The Descartes position on the mind-body problem combines the idea of substance d...
Those who continue to be exposed to high levels of stress for prolonged periods of time end up being distressed. The authors state...
horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied m...
-- that is, our need to rise above ourselves in order to see and respond to others needs. Listening to the body helps us to know ...
there is noting upon which the beliefs of an individual may be based and built or expanded upon. Descartes Meditations It is in "...
of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...
as inhabiting, in a manner that is rather analogous to wearing a specific set of clothes. In other words, the traditional view if ...
function and neurotransmitters (Benson, 2001). For example, Elbogen et al (2004) note how violent behavior such as hostility and ...
fear and anxiety, as well as "a sense of well-being and decreased isolation" (Trombley et al, 2003, p. 92). Ernst (2005) points t...
her last child moved out of the family home. Anti-depressants alleviated her condition somewhat, but made her feel groggy and deta...
This research report examines rationalizations used by Descartes and his own belief system. Various issues are explored and scient...
having been created by a supreme and ethereal being, whose own creation is inherent to that of all He created. Based upon his def...
from thereon, looked different. She was no longer cute, but different. Other people did not seem to care that she looked different...
persecution of the "monster." Of course, part of the trouble with any film like this is the knowledge we have as audience members...
the body dies (Island of Freedom, 2003). Although Descartes saw the mind and body as two separate substances and also having diff...