dualism
noun
the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
dualist
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a word derived from
dualism.
Example Sentences
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Samkhya a dualist approach in Hindu metaphysics that views the universe as composed of pure consciousness and matter, which undergoes an evolutionary process.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
"And that's been sort of one of the central challenges today, is to figure out how to not be a dualist, but still explain the reality, the evident reality of mind and consciousness."
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2021
But I am not a dualist, and our conscious states clearly depend on the states of our brains somehow.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 4, 2018
A dualist all the way down, he divided himself into soul and body, and never could accept the latter.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 19, 2015
The facts of embryology have so great and obvious a significance in this connection that even in recent years dualist and teleological philosophers have tried to rid themselves of them by simply denying them.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
