Self, Death, and Afterlife (AQA A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards

Treating soul as separate thing when it's a different category

Can't know if one body has one soul; no empirical basis

Mind-body interaction occurs through the pineal gland

Everything can be explained in terms of matter

An information-processing system (like a computer program)

Same function performed by different physical systems

Subjective, conscious experience (e.g., what it's like)

How does physical brain produce consciousness?

One substance with two aspects: mental and physical

Mental & physical aspects complement, don't reduce to each other