Hi everyone I'm new to this forum.

[Virginia]

Hi, I am interested, in dualism, body and soul separation, and 'the mind'. Did a two year module in philosophy at Hull University in the late 1980s. Also interested in the paranormal.

[uwot]

Hello Virginia, welcome to PN. The big cheese at the moment in dualism is a guy called David Chalmers, who coincidently has the same haircut as the great dualist Rene Descartes.
There are one or two nutjobs in this place, but by and large we're a fairly benign bunch and some of the people really know what they are talking about. Ginkgo's your man for dualism.

[Melchior]

Hi, I am interested, in dualism, body and soul separation, and 'the mind'. Did a two year module in philosophy at Hull University in the late 1980s. Also interested in the paranormal.

Oh my gawd.

[GreatandWiseTrixie]

Hi, I am interested, in dualism, body and soul separation, and 'the mind'. Did a two year module in philosophy at Hull University in the late 1980s. Also interested in the paranormal.

Why.

[RickLewis]

Hello Virginia, welcome to PN. The big cheese at the moment in dualism is a guy called David Chalmers, who coincidently has the same haircut as the great dualist Rene Descartes.

Actually, he used to but he recently cut most it off and now has a short-back-and-sides.

So far as I know, he hasn't trimmed his ontology to match.

[RickLewis]

David Chalmers, October 2012:

[uwot]

Well, to be fair, Descartes doesn't have quite the head of hair he used to either.

[RickLewis]

Well, to be fair, Descartes doesn't have quite the head of hair he used to either.

I see you are right:

[Impenitent]

Well, to be fair, Descartes doesn't have quite the head of hair he used to either.

I see you are right:

Alas, poor Yorik, I knew him well ...

wait a minute... Horatio? did you write the punch-lines on his skull?

-Imp

[Mic84]

Hi Virginia.
Hmm Paranormal, sounds interesting.