Metaphysics of the Mind
Substance Dualism
Indivisiblity Argument
Descartes' Vehicle of the Brain
Responses
The Mental is Divisible
Not everything physical is divisible
Conceivability Argument
Responses
Conceivable may not be metaphysically possible
Masked Man Fallacy
Descartes' Response
Mind Without body is not conceivable
Arguments Against
The dependence of mind on brain
Evolutionary History
Property Dualism
Philosophical zombies argument
Mary Argument
Responses
What is conceivable need not be metaphysically possible
Zombie world is not conceivable
What is metaphysically possible tells us nothing about the actual world
Responses
Acquaintance Knowledge Response
Ability Knowledge Response
New knowledge/old fact response
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