Philosophy 3
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Materialism is “The metaphysical doctrine that matter with its motions and qualities is the ultimate reality of all things” (Miller 156). This basically means that the nature of the world is entirely dependent on matter. Idealism is “The metaphysical theory that all things are c ....
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.... I believe that the mind and body are dependent of each other. What is the mind in a jar? Nothing. What is the body without the mind? Nothing. The mind relies on the body to act in the way that it transmits the messages, and the body relies on the mind so that it can function and do its daily activities. I believe that this has a connection to the Materialism and Idealism debate. Materialism and Idealism are dependent of each other. If we do not have the mind we do not have the matter ....
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