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dualism

In philosophy, the belief that reality is essentially dual in nature. The French philosopher René Descartes, for example, referred to thinking and material substance. These entities interact but are fundamentally separate and distinct.

Dualism is contrasted with monism, the theory that reality is made up of only one substance.



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It changed after the publication of his "Psychology," in consequence of his abandoning the dualism of thought and things.
The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context
It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
This strange dualism he had developed was after all very unstable, and, as he sat in his study and meditated, he saw that it could not endure.
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