Putting the Ghost Back in the Machine: An Exploration of Somatic Dualism

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 100 (2):624-641 (2019)
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In this paper, I explore various views on which mind-body dualism is true, but the soul is located in the body. I argue that this sort of dualism (which I call 'somatic dualism') once was a not-uncommon view in the philosophy of mind. I also argue that it has the resources to reply to some of the problems thought to affect Cartesian dualism.

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Matthew Davidson
California State University, San Bernardino

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