Read Metaphysics: Constructing a World View, “Minds and Bodies.” As you do, make sure you understand the following points and questions:
- Know Hasker’s statement of the mystery of the mind and body (and its difference from the problem as stated in the power point presentations).
- Explain the distinction between mental and physical properties.
- What is Behaviorism’s way of avoiding the problem?
- What is Idealism’s way of avoiding the problem?
- Identify the problems with behaviorism and idealism.
- What is the meaning of dualism and dualistic interactionism?
- What arguments/advantages of dualism and what are the problems with this view?
- Explain the meaning of materialism and the identity theory.
- Identify the arguments/advantages of materialism and problems with the view.
- Explain the meaning of emergentism.
- Compare and contrast the mind (soul) of dualism with emergentism.
- Know the following problem of life after death for emergentism (also note the problem mentioned in the power point presentations with epiphenomalism—it may hold with Hasker’s emergentism as well).
- Explain the meaning of John Hick’s view of resurrection as re-creation and the problems with such a view.
