Dualism has been given a rough ride. This theory, ascribed mainly to Descartes that the mind is separate from the body, has been justly rejected for many reasons. Descartes theory required the existence of a substance that was mind, as well as a theater in which the mind could view what it internally perceived. As our scientific understanding of how the brain functions to produce consciousness and hence the mind has increased, these two pictures …
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…observer of our thoughts and emotions. This distinct possibility does not change my belief that Dualism should be used to explain phenomenon which are beyond our ability to understand. Just as crop cycles were accurately predicted by an incorrect understanding of the functioning of the stars, so too can much valuable knowledge be gained about the brain and mind with the base understanding that an internal observer as the functional character in all conscious thought.