Disclaimer: As with all our resources and especially Podcasts, inclusion does not necessarily mean endorsement of the views presented. Our aim was to include important presentations from multiple points of view so the researcher can form her own opinions—informed by a Christian world-view.
Monistic Theories:
- Idealism
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Dual Aspect Theory (non-materialist, quantum biology)
- Eliminative Materialism
- Reductive Materialism:
- Mind/Brain Identity:
- Functionalism (officially neutral on monism and dualism, but tends toward monistic and materialistic understandings of mental states):
Dualistic Theories:
- Substance Dualism:
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Cartesian Dualism (Interactionism)
- Leibnizian Dualism (No interactionism)
- Non-Reductive Physicalism or Property Dualism:
Functionalism
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Resources from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- The Case Against Physicalism 1 (SEP)
- The Case Against Physicalism 2 (SEP)
- The Case Against Physicalism 3 (SEP)
- The Case For Physicalism (SEP)
- Type & Token Physicalism
Other Introductory Resources:
- The Mind/Body Problem BBC Radio
- Interview with Angus Menuge (Audio Interview)
- Panpsychism: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- What is the Stuff of Mind and Body? (Video Interview with Swinburne)
- EPS Blog on a Tale of Two Naturalisms Angus Menuge
- Aren’t Souls Passé? Biblical Reflections on Human Nature by Joshua Farris
- Rebecca Goldstein: The Mind-Body Problem (Chicago Humanities Festival)
- Philosophy Web Resources
- Philosophy of Mind & The Mind/Body Problem Royal Institute of Philosophy
- Substance Dualism and Causal Interaction Rougledge, Michael Lacewing
- Modern Physics and the Energy Conservation Objection to Mind-Body Dualism (1).pdf, Robin Collins