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'The Problem of the Soul', 'The Structure of Objects' and 'On the Nature of the Universe'
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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 2. Interactionism
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Only bodies can touch one another [Lucretius]
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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 3. Panpsychism
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The earth is and always has been an insentient being [Lucretius]
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Particles may have sensation, but eggs turning into chicks suggests otherwise [Lucretius]
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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique
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People largely came to believe in dualism because it made human agents free [Flanagan]
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17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 4. Behaviourism Critique
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Behaviourism notoriously has nothing to say about mental causation [Flanagan]
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17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 2. Anomalous Monism
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Cars and bodies obey principles of causation, without us knowing any 'strict laws' about them [Flanagan]
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind
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The mind moves limbs, wakes the body up, changes facial expressions, which involve touch [Lucretius]
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Lions, foxes and deer have distinct characters because their minds share in their bodies [Lucretius]
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 2. Reduction of Mind
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You needn't be made of laughing particles to laugh, so why not sensation from senseless seeds? [Lucretius]
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17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism
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Physicalism doesn't deny that the essence of an experience is more than its neural realiser [Flanagan]
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