Review and critique of Edward Jonathan Lowe's Non-Cartesian Substanse Dualism

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 . Instructor of Shahid Bahonar University

2 Professor of Shiraz University

3 Shiraz University, School of Theology & Islamic Studies

Abstract

Substantial dualism is one of the most important theories about the soul and the body, which became famous with Descartes' statements. By expressing this issue, Descartes distinguishes between the soul and the body, and considers one to belong to the spiritual world and the other to belong to the physical world. Because Descartes sees the soul and the body as two substances from two different worlds, he fails to solve the problem of the connection between them. , So that after a while his view is rejected as unscientific by some thinkers. Following a study of Descartes' point of view, Edward Jonathan Lowe seeks to revive the substantial dualism by making some changes to Descartes. On the one hand, he, like Descartes, distinguishes the soul from the body and believes that the soul is not the same body or a part of the body as the brain and on the other hand, he believes that the soul possesses some physical characteristics such as space and speed. Thus, by attributing some physical properties to the soul, Lowe overcomes the problem of the relationship between the soul and the body, although he faces other challenges in proving his point.

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