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As Lewis Carroll’s Alice might have phrased it, “you’re nothing but a pack of neurons.” It is fair to describe this as astonishing. It is an odd and unnatural view and I don’t actually expect people to believe it at first. It’s an open question whether you’ll believe it when this class comes to an end, but I’d be surprised if many of you believe it now. Most people don’t. Most people, in fact, hold a different view. Most people are dualists. Now, dualism is a very different doctrine. It’s a doctrine that can be found in every religion and in most philosophical systems throughout history. It was very explicit in Plato, for instance 去书内
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    Lewis Carroll’s Alice might say, “you’re nothing but a pack of neurons”. This idea is really astonishing. It sounds strange and unnatural. Few people believe it at first. Even by the end of the class, it’s unclear if we will accept it. Most people are dualists. They hold a totally different view. Dualism is a popular doctrine. We can find it in every religion and most philosophical systems through history. Plato, for example, stated this idea very clearly. This contrast between the neuron view and dualism shows two different ways to think about human beings. It makes us wonder about our true nature.

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