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Psycho-Physical Parallelism — Psycho Physical Parallelism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Psycho Physical Parallelism A doctrine which states that the relation between mental processes, on the one hand, and physical, physiological, or cerebral processes on the other, is … Catholic encyclopedia
Psychophysical parallelism — Psychophysical parallelism, in psychology, is the theory that the conscious and nervous processes vary concomitantly whether or not there be any causal connection between them; [web cite|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11474a.htm|title=Psycho … Wikipedia
Dualism (philosophy of mind) — René Descartes s illustration of dualism. Inputs are passed on by the sensory organs to the epiphysis in the brain and from there to the immaterial spirit. In philosophy of mind, dualism is a set of views about the relationship between mind and… … Wikipedia
Spinoza: metaphysics and knowledge — G.H.R.Parkinson The philosophical writings of Spinoza are notoriously obscure, and they have been interpreted in many ways. Some interpreters see Spinoza as (in the words of a contemporary)1 ‘the reformer of the new [sc. Cartesian] philosophy’.… … History of philosophy
Materialism — • As the word itself signifies, Materialism is a philosophical system which regards matter as the only reality in the world, which undertakes to explain every event in the universe as resulting from the conditions and activity of matter, and… … Catholic encyclopedia
Many-minds interpretation — The many minds interpretation of quantum mechanics extends the many worlds interpretation by proposing that the distinction between worlds should be made at the level of the mind of an individual observer. The concept was first introduced in 1970 … Wikipedia
Anomalous monism — is a philosophical thesis about the mind body relationship. It was first proposed by Donald Davidson in his 1970 paper Mental events . The theory is twofold and states that mental events are identical with physical events, and that the mental is… … Wikipedia
KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… … Universalium
Dualism — • Denotes the religious or theological system which would explain the universe as the outcome of two eternally opposed and coexisting principles Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dualism Dualism … Catholic encyclopedia
