The Monist, Vol. 3, 1892-1893 : $b A quarterly magazineVarious
Philosophy
The Monist, Vol. 3, 1892-1893 : $b A quarterly magazine
Various
Philosophy -- Periodicals
I now pass from the attitude of expositor to the attitude of critic. And
first I will attack a quite outstanding position, namely Dr. Stoney’s
assumption that Clifford’s hypothesis which he supports and extends is
_the_ monistic hypothesis, and by implication that it is the _only_
monistic hypothesis. In opposition to this I venture to affirm that there
are several forms or phases of monism. I have not space to discuss the
matter; and must content myself with a bare enumeration of some of the
logically possible forms of Dualism and of Monism.
1) DUALISM.
_A._ _Synthetic Dualism_: according to which there are two
entities, the mind and the body; and these
_a_) either work side by side, without interaction, in
pre-established harmony (_philosophic dualism_),
_b_) or interact the one on the other (_empirical
dualism_).
_B._ _Analytic Dualism_: according to which there are two
elements as the result of analysis; _motion_ (with or
without a material basis) and _consciousness_; the two
elements being related in such a way that consciousness is
inseparably associated with certain complex modes of motion.
2) MONISM.
_A._ _Synthetic monism_: according to which there is but
one entity. And this entity may be:
_a_) The body, of which consciousness is a product
(_materialistic or physical monism_);
_b_) The mind, of which the body in common with the
world of phenomena is a fiction (_idealistic monism_);
_c_) The conscious organism, exhibiting certain
transformations of energy which are felt as psychical
states (_scientific monism_).
_B._ _Analytic monism_: according to which analysis
discloses but one element; and this may be
_a_) _motion_, of which (or of one phase of which)
consciousness is merely the psychical aspect (_analytic
materialism_);
_b_) _consciousness_, of which motion is merely the
phenomenal aspect (_analytic psychism_);
_c_) _x_ (_the unknowable_) of which motion is the
physical aspect and consciousness the psychical aspect
(_monistic agnosticism_).
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