Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bundle dualism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: bundle -d-u-al-ism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The theory that the mind does not exist as a sole entity, being composed of many immaterial parts that are entirely independent from the material world.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Well, if one is convinced […] that conscious states are not physical in character, the only remaining alternatives are bundle dualism and one-substance dualism. The Cartesian typically rejects the former because he holds that any state is a state of some underlying substance."
"If what is said above is correct, the mind transcends the physical world and is, ipso facto, non-physical. But this does not indicate whether it is a substance or only a collection of states. I shall argue that bundle dualism will not suffice because this would make it into a complex entity and only by supposing it to be simple can we accommodate certain irresistible intuitions concerning personal identity."
"Bundle Dualism, after Cartesian Dualism, accepts the dualism Descartes established between mind and body, but attempts to replace the mind as spiritual with the mind as a bundle of perceptions; David Hume's work falls into this category."

Etymology

From bundle + dualism, from Hume's internal observation of the mind as “a bundle of perceptions.”

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

Cartesian dualism

Frequently Paired Words

Cartesian dualism

Questions

What does bundle dualism mean?: The theory that the mind does not exist as a sole entity, being composed of many immaterial parts that are entirely independent from the material world.
Where does bundle dualism come from?: From bundle + dualism, from Hume's internal observation of the mind as “a bundle of perceptions.”

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