Human Nature

In this paper I will argue that William Hasker's theory of the Emergent Individual is superior to John Foster's Cartesian Dualism in explaining mind-body interaction. I will begin with an explanation of Cartesian Dualism and how it proposes to solve the problem of mind-body interaction. Then I will explain the idea of the Emergent Individual and why it is superior to Cartesian Dualism. A critical analysis of the Emergent Individual will also be discussed and …showed first 75 words of 1325 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1325 total…of the physical and the mental to propose an idea that is more consistent with the way the world is, as we know it. Although he does not know how the brain produces the mind, he does not give up by saying that it is an incomprehensible mystery. Hasker challenges us to consider a new possibility that has the potential to open up a whole new realm of understanding in the creation of the soul.