What is the mind-body problem?
Describing and explaining the relationship between our mental states and physical states
What is mind ?
The nature of mental states
The hard problem of consciousness
The problem of analysing and explaining the phenomenal properties of consciousness, what it is like to undergo a conscious experience.
Phenomenal consciousness
Form of consciousness with a subjective experiential qualit, individual perceptions, sensations and emotions. Aware of what it is like to experience mental phenomena
Intentionality
The property of mental states where they are aimed towards and intentional object. ( They are about something )
Intentional states
They represent the world in particular ( way it’s represented) and partial ways( can smh be left out)
Intentional object
What an Intentional mental state represents
Aspectual shape
The way the intentional object is represented
Attitude
The psychological verb we use for the intentional mental state
Intentional content
Intentional object + aspectual shape
Qualia
Phenomenal properties that are understood as intrinsic, non-intentional and introspectively accessible properties of mental states
Intrinsic property
A property something has in itself
Introspection
We turn our attention to our own mind
Substance
An entity that does not depend on another entity for it’s continued existence
Substances
Ontological independence
Bearer of properties
Substances persist through change in properties
-
perception as a source of knowledge15
-
innate ideas15
-
reason as a source of knowledge20
-
mixed epiestomolgy32
-
intuition and deduction thesis25
-
Meta ethics17
-
Mind15
-
Substance Dualism13
-
Interactionalism3
-
Ontological Arguments For God2
-
Physicslism9
-
Mind Brain Type Identity Theory10
-
Behaviourism13
