The dualism we find in Descartes encourages a modern form of Gnosticism.
In the case of interaction of strong laser fields with atoms
the dualism finds its analogue in the intuitive pictures used to explain ionization and excitation: The multiphoton picture and the tunneling picture.
Not exact matches
Among those who have genuinely overcome
dualism in their thinking about humanity and the rest of the world, I
find two major groups.
The second way to bring consistency to Camus» theories, therefore, is to
find a «transcendence» that provides a comprehensive unity to overcome the
dualism of mind - matter.
My joint rejection of
dualism and materialism, that is, my idealism or psychicalism, came initially from no teacher but from my own experience, interpreted, as I later
found Croce interpreting experience — in his aesthetics, which he regarded as prior to ontology for reasons that I also had in mind.
Rather they emphasize the experience of mystical illumination and seek in their religious action to overcome all
dualisms and
find unity with nature and the universe.
to be honest with you, I
find myself getting irritated with
dualism and people who constantly want to split and divide things / concepts.
It is also
found in Judaism, where the autochthonous prophetic belief is opposed by an apocalyptic one built up out of elements from Iranian
dualism.
It is not uncommon to
find Victorian
dualisms read into a biblical text about the family or sexual ethics.
I do not
find in it a metaphysical challenge to Cartesian
dualism.
Dualism is
found in the idea that we in the west are the enlightened ones, with our modern science and technology, and all the world must bow to our superior knowledge.
Part of the problem is that theologians
find it hard to escape the rigid
dualism of sacred and profane, subject and object, nature and supernature.
Without the sphere of unconscious and lifeless chunks of matter delineated by
dualism such a methodological ideal (which animates current efforts especially in biology to
find the physico - chemical «secret» of life) could hardly have taken hold in modern scientific thought.
Despite Whitehead's opposition to Descartes» overall
dualism, therefore, he
finds many aspects of Descartes» approach to the problem of perception most interesting and says of him that
Gnosticism
found its explanation of evil in a thorough - going
dualism.
In this regard we can feel that he is compelled by the inevitable
dualism between matter and meaning that we
find at the core of painting.
After many years of exploring diverse mediums, Daniela started to research the
dualism between light and glass, and finally
found her own artistic technique.
I think if any of us are self - critically examining ourselves, we may
find some form of «
dualism» we hold, where the evidence is crystal clear to us, but we still deny all or parts of it (like Curry) for unrelated reasons (knowing that, or
finding it after reflection of yourself means you converted from «
dualism» to «partitioning»).
While calling out Curry and others on their «
dualism» may not be nice, it may be a start to
find a way out.
However, I
find the notion of
dualism much less helpful for the purpose of characterising the Court's reasoning.