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  • Dualism is today considered superstition by most contemporary philosophers and probably most cognitive scientists, who seek some kind reductionistic explanation by which brain function explains consciousness.

    Book Review: Quantum Enigma 2009

  • Dualism is perfectly compatible with every single scientific theory you can name.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • Dualism is often bitter and childish, e.g. allies vs nazis, communism vs capitalism etc.

    Think Progress » Annan Deputy Criticizes U.S. Policy; Bolton Demands Apology, Says U.N. Will Be ‘the Victim’ 2006

  • In theology the word Dualism signifies the doctrine that the world is not only the battle-ground of two opposing forces, one good and the other evil, but also that the material world is itself essentially evil.

    The Books of the New Testament Leighton Pullan 1902

  • Dualism is not a common position today among philosophers or scientists, but it’s still fairly common in religious views of the world which refer to “spirit” or “soul” as something separate from mindless matter.

    2010 February « Anglican Samizdat 2010

  • Dualism is not a common position today among philosophers or scientists, but it’s still fairly common in religious views of the world which refer to “spirit” or “soul” as something separate from mindless matter.

    Mindful things « Anglican Samizdat 2010

  • Before I could start, I had to finish the pamphlet which, with Sibbern's help, I had written against Nielsen's adjustment of the split between Protestant orthodoxy and the scientific view of the universe, and which I had called Dualism in our Modern Philosophy.

    Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth Brandes, George, 1842-1927 1906

  • So far, no one could object to this Catechism, and it must be clear that the Dualism, which is generally mentioned as the distinguishing feature of the Persian religion -- the belief in two Gods, Ormuzd, the principle of good, and Ahriman, the principle of evil -- is not countenanced by the modern Parsis.

    Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion 1861

  • Yesterday we said that all is wholeness, and therefore there can’t be two forms of existence one physical and one spiritual, This is called Dualism and that our true self was “context” in which energy and information are processed by consciousness.

    Five bodies Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • Another age-old solution is 'Dualism', the neat division of everything into "good" and

    UUpdates - All updates 2008

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