1st Edition PSY 401 Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I Philosophical Issues Continued a Nature vs Nurture b Reductionism vs Holism c Monism vs Pluralism d Mind vs Brain i Psychogeny e Mind Body Problem i Monistic Theories Outline of Current Lecture I Philosophical Issues Continued a Mind Body Problem i Dualistic Theories 1 Interactionism 2 Parallelism ii Free Will vs Determinism 1 Libertarian 2 Determinist a Indeterminism b Fatalism Current Lecture I Dualistic Theories mind and body both exist and might interact a Interactionism mind and body interact to cause a mutual event i Decision is bidirectional ii Problem HOW do they interact There is no explanation These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute II iii Example You stub your toe and feel pain because of the pain receptors in your toe eventually you detect the pain b Parallelism mind and body both exist but on parallel planes independent of each other not a causal relationship i Example you stub your toe and experience pain but you would of still experienced that pain at that exact moment even if you did not stub your toe because it was destined to happen ii Occasionalism created substances cannot be sufficient causes of events God is cause iii Pre established harmony mind and body stay in line with each other and experience similar events but do not influence each other 1 Like two watches set for the same time at the same moment smashing one does not affect the other Free Will vs Determinism a Libertarian View human actions vary as a function of one s own free will i Cannot know what the decision is until it has been made b Determinist View all events are caused and governed by natural law i Can predict any decision with complete accuracy ii Indeterminism some events are not caused by law soft determinism 1 Can give probabilities rather than know what decision will be make definitively 2 Example the firing of axons Sodium has a percent probability that it will rush into the axon causing an action potential iii Fatalism Future is fixed irrespective of our attempts to change it
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