In this I go through issues and arguments for property dualism, as well as going through the distinction between metaphysical, logical and physical possibility, since you need an understanding of this to understand some of the arguments :) I've been told they're really easy to understand, and there...
💡 Property dualism is the view that, although there is just one kind of substance,
physical substance, at least some mental properties are not physical properties
(as fully physicalist theories like type identity theory claims) or functional (as
functionalism claims) or behavioural dispositions. While mental properties are
possessed by physical substances, they are a fundamentally different kind of property
from physical properties.
There are at least some mental properties that are neither reducible to nor supervenient upon
physical properties.
Most property dualists agree that not all properties that are thought of as “mental” are in fact
fundamentally non-physical. The most common candidate for fundamentally non-physical
properties are phenomenal properties or qualia.
Most property dualists agree that not all properties that are thought of as “mental” are in fact
fundamentally non-physical. The most common candidate for fundamentally non-physical
properties are phenomenal properties or qualia.
Property dualism 1
, What does it mean for something to be fundamentally non-physical: It
cannot be reduced to the physical (can’t be explained in terms of the
physical). Mental properties do not supervene on physical properties.
Property dualists can agree that mental properties depend on physical
properties.
An example of a non-physical thing would be qualia: the qualia of a taste of a food depends
on the physical strawberry.
Property vs substance dualism
Property Substance
dualistic dualistic
Monism of substance but dualism of properties (physical and non-physical Dualism of substance
Property dualism outlined:
There are certain mental properties that physicalism will never be able to explain (e.g qualia)
The universe contains physical stuff with physical properties, but also some fundamentally
distinct mental properties
Some mental properties are ultimately non-physical.
Some mental properties do not supervene on physical properties, at least not in the way
physicalism describes.
Note: there are two different types of supervenience, physicalism claims
that mental properties metaphysically supervene on physical properties
(there is a strong supervenience) whereas property dualists say mental
Property dualism 2
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