Monism Vs Dualism Research Paper

A commonsense motivation that the problem of the external world, problem of mind and body, and question of whether we’re free in a deterministic universe, all share is, that none of them can be verified. Everyone has their own beliefs, their own perspectives, so all three of these problems face some type of skepticism of whether or not they are true or false. If everything we know is reliable and makes us doubt in reality.

2. The problem of whether there’s a world outside the mind is the problem of the external world. Is the world real or all just in our mind? The problem arises because no one can absolutely be certain that they are not hallucinating or having a dream. Many people believe we can prove it is real with our five senses and different perspectives. However, some don’t and are in the egocentric predicament, meaning …show more content…
With this problem comes two views, the monist and the dualist. Monism is the belief that the mind and body are the same, and dualism is the belief that the mind and body are separate from one another. Physicalism fits with monism because it means that people consist of only physical matter. The monist would argue that science and evolution prove their beliefs. However, dualist can argue that religion (life after death) and irreducibility (no physical explanation) can verify their belief. Both views have proof to back up their claims and therefore the problem doesn’t have an answer. Dual-aspect theory is another view which is different from both dualism and monism because it is the theory that the mental and physical are different aspects of reality which are neither physical nor mental. Another argument is that our body and brain is matter, physical aspects that take up space, however, the mind, soul, and our thoughts do not take up any space, they are not physical, not tangible, therefore, it comes into question of whether they actually exist or

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