Soul , Mind , Body

[lorrainethomax]

Hello
I am having trouble fully getting to grips with the topic of soul , mind and body
is dualism the idea that the mind and body are two separate entities which work together to make a human ?
Also Dawkins idea of consciousness I am not fully sure what he means – if it isn’t linked the soul?

[Sarahboo2002]

yeah, dualism means they are separate
Not too sure about Dawkins

[Aimee Horsley]

Hi Lorraine,

As Sarah has said above – dualism is the separation between body and soul but it doesn’t necessarily have to be just in humans, however Plato/ Descartes do just focus on it in that way.

Dawkins talks about soul 1 and soul 2. Soul 1 is the religious superstitious concept, that is not based on fact or truth. Soul 2 is consciousness, human intellectual and spiritual power, higher development of moral faculties and feelings and imagination – all rooted in the body. He acknowledges there is mystery around human ‘consciousness’ = what makes us different from other species ect but does not link this to a soul, just an area not discovered by science yet.

Hope this helps,

Aimee

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