C1 — Substance Dualism (Rational Faculty as Distinct Substance)

 

C1 — Substance Dualism (Rational Faculty as Distinct Substance)

Core Vector Space

• rational faculty (prohairesis)
• self / agent
• substance
• non-physical
• mental causation
• ontological distinction
• subjectivity
• first-person perspective
• intentionality
• qualitative experience (qualia)
• irreducibility
• independence from body
• locus of control
• internal vs external boundary
• agency substrate
• immateriality
• unity of consciousness
• ownership of thought
• persistence of self
• epistemic access

Discriminates Against

• reductionism
• identity theory
• eliminativism