LV - Philosophy of Religion - Mind/Body Problem

'Philosophy' means...

• Love of wisdom

• Finding wisdom

• Love of thinking

• Finding love

Knowledge is acquired through logic or reason

• Rationalism

• Empiricism

Knowledge is acquired through the senses

• Rationalism

• Empiricism

Those who believe the mind/body are two separate entities are called (a)  

He argued that the soul/mind are separate and made of different substances, with the body being physical and the mind being non-physical and immortal

• Plato

• Descartes

• Ryle

• Dawkins

He said the famous phrase: "I think, therefore I am"

• Plato

• Descartes

• Ryle

• Dawkins

Gilbert Ryle can be described as a...

• Dualist

• Non-dualist

He argues the mind is not physical, it is the product of 'thought'

• Plato

• Descartes

• Ryle

• Dawkins

Where else have we seen Descartes before? What else has he argued?

• He argued omnipotence means God can make a square circle

• He argued that evil means God does not exist

• He argued that God is the first cause

• He argued that God designed the universe

Who do you most agree with, so far?

• Plato

• Descartes

• Ryle

• Dawkins