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Mind-Body Dualism: A Neo-Leibnizian Argument, David Kendall Casey
Mind-Body Dualism: A Neo-Leibnizian Argument, David Kendall Casey
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This paper attempts to construct a novel argument against the theory of materialism in Philosophy of Mind. Specifically, I argue that materialism cannot be a sufficient answer to the mind-body problem. That is, in the attempt to provide a satisfactory answer as to how the mind is related to the body, the claim that the mind is identical to the brain, I contend, is untenable. First, I explicate the principle of the Indiscernibility of Identicals, then I use it to demonstrate the falsity of the claim: the mind = the brain. In doing so, I argue that the mind and …
Searle And The Nonderivability Thesis, Rick Harrison
Searle And The Nonderivability Thesis, Rick Harrison
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This paper contributes to the defense of the nonderivability thesis; that is, the thesis that no set of purely descriptive statements can entail an evaluative statement. Thus, it is impossible to give objective justification of any value judgment.
The Atonement In Modern Thought, Martha Ellen Perry
The Atonement In Modern Thought, Martha Ellen Perry
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This paper compares Rudolph Bultmann and Emil Brunner, and combines and analyzes existentialism, theology, and demythologizing.
Can We Communicate Ultimate Reality?, David M. Newcomer
Can We Communicate Ultimate Reality?, David M. Newcomer
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This paper examines the function of communication, philosophy, and religion and moreover, their necessity to the awareness of being.