No Matter, Never Mind.
Clever, but does that solve, or resolve, anything about mind-matter dualism?
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 5:46 AM
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Gypsy Scholar
Brainstorming about history, politics, literature, religion, and other topics from a 'gypsy' scholar on a wagon hitched to a star.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
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- Name: Horace Jeffery Hodges
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
I am a retired professor. I last taught at Ewha Womans University, mostly composition, research writing, and cultural issues, but also the occasional graduate seminar on Gnosticism and Johannine theology and the occasional undergraduate course on European history. My doctorate is in history (U.C. Berkeley), with emphasis on religion and science. My thesis is on John's gospel and Gnosticism. I'm also an award-winning writer, and I recommend my novella, The Bottomless Bottle of Beer, to anyone interested. I'm originally from the Arkansas Ozarks, but my academic career -- funded through doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Naumann, Lady Davis) -- has taken me through Texas, California, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Israel and has landed me in Seoul, South Korea. I've also traveled to Mexico, visited much of Europe, including Moscow, and touched down briefly in a few East Asian countries. Hence: "Gypsy Scholar."
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Christian Science, which I came to realize is a Christian form of Greek idealism, claims matter is an illusion. It's all spirit. If that's the case, then there's no dualism. A panpsychist would argue similarly: all is mind, so there is no matter, therefore no dualism. Whether these beliefs hold any water is another issue entirely.
Does it - matter?
Thanks, Kevin.
Jeffery Hodges
DCB, it matters that we mind the gap!
Jeffery Hodges
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