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Philosophy Tutorial

Based on Assignment 1 : Philosophy

Throughout Western history, there has been a tension between materialistic and a dualistics conception of the mind. Materialistic philosophies had a very short life in India, where the dominant view remained that of a mind or soul separate from the body. In Greek/ Western thought the two philosophies have been engaged in constant dialectic; both have well-articulated epistemological positions.



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