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Examples Of Dualist Thinking

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I was raised in catholic school, and afterlife was an engraved part of my belief system; however, I do not agree completely with the rules that this religion has established. I do believe that there is an after life of some sort, but I do not believe that we are harshly judged upon our earthly actions. I believe we all have a soul, and if we are morally good people within that soul then we have an enjoyable afterlife. This is very much dualist thinking. Dualist thinking stated by Revonsuo consists of two categorically different types of entity or substance. These two entities are the physical and mental world. My belief is an example of dualist thinking because I believe that the soul is separated from the body when a person dies. A dualist

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