Theories Of Dualism

In any given era, there are certain problems that are so large that don’t form one single question but form a horizon of different opinions that lead to theories. In this era there are four major theories of the nature of reality and substance: materialism/physicalism, idealism, transcendental idealism and dualism. While neither theory is perfect, the one that best describes the nature of reality and substance is dualism.

The term “Dualism” refers to the point that intellectual developments are in some forms non-physical entities, implying to a conclusion that the mind and body are not identical. Dualism is meticulously correlated with the argument of Rene Descartes, in which he indicates the mind is a thing that thinks and not an extended

Which proposes the question how can an immaterial substance move a material substance? Descartes response to this question was they do interact somehow through interactionism, not giving enough evidence at all. The mind in a dualist doctrine must be non-material and cannot exert force on material objects, because it would be a force of energy in contradiction to the conservation of energy. Dualism allows us to think of the mind as related to the kind of knowledge a system has of its own state without taking a measurement. That is exactly where this argument counteracts itself, basically stating that it is an unmeasurable being and cannot force energy on a measureable object. The problem here is that the mind and the brain, according to dualism are not the same. One of the important and obvious factors to focus on is that one is an object and the other is an incomprehensible entity, therefore, by science they are not comparable and only work in relation to one another. The body is our gateway to substance and physicality while the mind is our place of contemplation and decision. Their work is intertwined but they are not bound to a physical bond, therefore not having a relevant similarity to be approved by the

That is a very debatable opinion because dualism is the idea that the mind and the body are two different entities but as we all know, they work in sync. The body or brain (substance) is able to have experiences through the physical senses. We are able to hear, smell, touch, taste, and see, through which we are able to receive validity of the things around us. Our senses enable us to solidify our experiences therefore we know that this is a credible source of information. Once we know that something is real and valid through our physical senses, we are able to use our minds to form opinions about it. While we cannot conceive it, there is not enough information to banish its existence. For hundreds of years, we were not able to view pathogens that caused viral infections in vast populations. This does not mean that it didn’t exist or that we didn’t see some form of it playing a role in our lives by it causing several consecutive deaths and at a point in time, even plagues that destroyed entire communities of people. Just because something is conceived to be immeasurable does not falsify its