dualist
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- noun
- /ˈdjuːəˌlɪst/
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dualista
- Am I to take it you're a dualist who thinks there are hard and fast boundaries between mind and body?
- materialists and dualists
Examples
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A dualist believes that both mind and body are distinct and important aspects of human experience.
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Unless and until one is presented with strong evidence to the contrary, we should assume that modern ontological dichotomies, like materialist-dualist, abstract-concrete, etc., were not parts of the conceptual framework within which the culture under investigation functions.
Academic text (1991) -
But it is extremely difficult to explain if one is a dualist now.
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I don't actually think that the dualist view is correct.
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There are three kinds of dualists that one would have to consider.
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However, properly speaking, I am probably a dualist rather than a materialist.
Blog text (21) -
Dualists view the world in terms of black and white or right and wrong.
Academic text (2005) -
Students find this mode comforting, and some dualists may even be attracted to science because they imagine that it provides certainty.
Academic text (2005) -
Many philosophers who identify as a dualist argue that consciousness cannot be fully explained by physical processes alone.
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In discussions of morality, a dualist perspective often emphasizes the existence of opposing forces like good and evil.
Antonyms
How Materialist
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Etymology
Dualist comes from the root dual (from duo) meaning 'two', plus the ending -ist meaning 'a person'. So, a dualist is someone who believes things are made of two different parts or kinds, for example that the mind and body are separate.