Dualism

High school (ages 12+)
Philosophy & Big Questions

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/dualism

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is dualism?Dualism is the idea that reality is made of two different kinds of things, like mind and body or good and evil.
2. How does dualism explain the mind and body?Descartes said the mind is a thinking thing and the body is a physical thing, and they are separate.

Substance Dualism: The view that the mind and body are two fundamentally different kinds of substances that exist independently.
Property Dualism: The view that there is only one kind of substance (physical), but it can have two distinct kinds of properties: physical and mental.
Epistemological Dualism: A theory of knowledge that questions whether our perceived reality is the actual reality or an internal representation.