Understanding Dualism

What does dualism suggest about the nature of reality?

• Reality is governed by a unified set of laws.

• Reality is composed of a single element.

• Reality consists of two irreducible elements.

• Reality is an illusion.

In Descartes' philosophy, how are the mind and body characterized?

• As identical substances.

• As non-existent entities.

• As fundamentally distinct substances.

• As interchangeable elements.

Which philosophical doctrine holds that reality is one and governed by a unified set of laws?

• Materialism

• Pluralism

• Monism

• Dualism

According to Plato, what is the relationship between the material world and the realm of forms?

• The material world is a copy of the realm of forms.

• The material world is the true reality.

• The realm of forms is a subset of the material world.

• The material world and the realm of forms are identical.

Who is credited with reviving Plato's dualism in the 17th and 18th centuries?

• René Descartes

• Socrates

• Immanuel Kant

• Aristotle