NOUN | a dualism | dualisms | |
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- Not to be confused with property dualism, or ontological dualism, conceptual dualism suggests that we have two different ways of thinking about the properties of a single substance.
- Historians such as Charles Freeman hold that the AD 325 Council of Nicaea did much to establish dualism in Christian thought.
- Substance dualism, or Cartesian dualism, most famously defended by René Descartes, argues that there are two kinds of foundation: mental and physical.
- Gnostic systems postulate a dualism between God and the world, varying from the "radical dualist" systems of Manichaeism to the "mitigated dualism" of classic gnostic movements.
- The sub-traditions of Vedānta include Advaita (non-dualism), Vishishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism), Dvaita (dualism), and Bhedabheda (difference and non-difference).
- These verses present a peculiar form of dualism, states Gerald Larson, because they assert unconscious primordial "stuff" on one hand, and pure consciousness on the other.
- Interactionist dualism, or simply interactionism, is the particular form of dualism first espoused by Descartes in the "Meditations".
- Many philosophers question Dennett's immediate rejection of dualism (dismissing it after only a few pages of argument in "Consciousness Explained"), pointing to a variety of reasons that people often find dualism to be a compelling view (see arguments for dualism).
- Causal closure iterating that the physical and mental world cannot interact presents an obvious issue in regard to dualism.
- The dualism of football competition occurs in Indonesia, there are two leagues with different operators, PT Liga Indonesia (LI) and PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo (LPIS).
- Another form of dualism in Hindu philosophy is found in the Dvaita ("dualism") Vedanta school, which regards God and the world as two realities with distinct essences; this is a form of theistic dualism.
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