Survey on Physicalism and Dualism

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What is your view of the soul?

Assume something like the common definition of the soul as a non-physical, spiritual entity. These answers are obviously simplistic, but which best described your own current view?

People don't have souls. (They do have minds)

People do have souls, but they don't affect our actions in any way.

People do have souls, and they do substantially affect our actions.

No clue!

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What is your view of mind-body relations?

Using the definitions discussed in class, which best describes your own current view?

(Some form of) Physicalism

(Some form of) Dualism

No clue!

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What theory of mind-body relations do you think is correct?

Given the evidence and ideas available to you at this point, which best describes your own current view?

Interactionist Dualism (of some form)

Epiphenomenalism (about both consciousness and cognition)

Naturalistic Dualism (computationalism about cognition, epiphenomenalism about consciousness)

Reductive Physicalism (physicalism, plus denial of the explanatory gap)

Non-Reductive Physicalism (physicalism, accepting the explanatory gap)

Some other form of Physicalism

Some other form of Dualism

Clear selection

If none of the above descriptions fit your view very well, how would you put it?

What are the most compelling reasons for your view?

Which argument or factors most strongly influenced you in forming this view?

The Causal Completeness Argument (for Physicalism)

The Correlation Argument (for Physicalism)

The Unity of Nature (for Physicalism)

The Argument from Doubt (for Dualism)

The Free-Will Libertarian Argument (for Interactionist Dualism)

The Chinese Room Argument (against Computationalism)

The Knowledge Argument (for Dualism about consciousness)

The Explanatory Gap (for Dualism about consciousness)

Other:

If none of the above descriptions capture your reasons for your view, how would you put it?

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