The problem of the soul

[vulcanlogician]

Funny thing is: that's a rejection of dualism. It is materialism (ie. the rejection of a nonphysical soul). Electricity is a physical phenomenon, after all.

A neuroscientist will contend that the deepest level of consciousness could be defined as electrical activity. At the very least, there is a causal relation between electrical activity in the brain and consciousness. If that's what Winter is saying, then he agrees with most atheists.

It would seem to preclude substance dualism but aspect dualism remains an option for him. Just sayin'.

I've always said that property dualism (or aspect dualism) isn't that bad.

It simply says that there is physical properties and nonphysical properties. Our mental experiences, like the image of a coffee cup in front of you... has mental properties. After all, the "image" of the coffee cup that your brain produces isn't a physical object with physical properties.

I've also found criticisms of property dualism lacking. Property dualism isn't an ambitious theory. It doesn't posit some other kind of substance. It just says there is something distinct about mental experiences.

Occam's razor has me preferring materialism, but I still think property dualism is an okay theory of mind.