dualist
Mind-body distinction advocate
A dualist holds that reality consists of two fundamental, irreducible substances or principles—typically mind and matter, or good and evil.
The term appears most often in philosophy of mind, where dualists argue that consciousness cannot be reduced to physical brain states: As a dualist, she rejected the idea that thoughts are merely neural activity.
In religious contexts, dualists see the universe as a battleground between opposing forces.
Mental-physical relationship
- CartesianOf x-y coordinate geometry
- DescartesCogito ergo sum's author
- substancePhysical material with mass
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
interactionism · monism · Platonism · idealism · materialism · ontology · epistemology · physicalism
Division into contrasting parts
- polarityState of opposing forces
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- either-orPresenting two alternatives
black-and-white · two-sided · adversarial · thesis-antithesis · counterpart · complement · opposite · bifurcation
Feminine cosmic force
- yangBright masculine cosmic force
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- darknessTotal absence of light
- goodSatisfactory in quality
evil · positive · negative · day · night · sun · moon · life
Seeing only absolutes
- ZoroastrianFollower of ancient Persian faith
- theodicyDefense of divine goodness
- cosmologicalRelating to universe's origin/structure
- creationMaking something exist
salvation · damnation · orthodox · heretical · syncretism · eschatology · pneumatic
mind-body
Mental-physical relationship
- CartesianOf x-y coordinate geometry
- DescartesCogito ergo sum's author
- substancePhysical material with mass
metaphysics · interactionism · monism · Platonism · idealism · materialism · ontology · epistemology · physicalism · parallelism
dichotomy
Division into contrasting parts
- polarityState of opposing forces
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- binaryConsisting of two parts
either-or · black-and-white · two-sided · adversarial · thesis-antithesis · counterpart · complement · opposite · bifurcation · twofold
yin
Feminine cosmic force
- yangBright masculine cosmic force
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- darknessTotal absence of light
good · evil · positive · negative · day · night · sun · moon · life · death
Manichean
Seeing only absolutes
- ZoroastrianFollower of ancient Persian faith
- theodicyDefense of divine goodness
- cosmologicalRelating to universe's origin/structure
creation · salvation · damnation · orthodox · heretical · syncretism · eschatology · pneumatic
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- philosophy worldethicist, logician, metaphysician, epistemologist, aesthetician
dualistmaterialist
Values physical over spiritual
pluralist · idealist · reductionist · naturalist · functionalist
- duality of manCoexisting opposite impulses within
- property dualismMental traits aren't physical traits