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interactionism
[ in-ter-ak-shuh-niz-uhm ]
noun
- a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
interactionism
/ ˌɪ²Ô³ÙÉ™°ùˈæ°ìʃəˌ²Ôɪ³úÉ™³¾ /
noun
- philosophy the dualistic doctrine that holds that mind and body have a causal effect upon one another, as when pricking one's finger (physical) causes pain (mental), or an embarrassing memory (mental) causes one to blush (physical) Compare parallelism
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of interactionism1
Example Sentences
Since intelligence or consciousness must be provided for somehow, we are forced back upon either interactionism or else epiphenomenalism, more or less disguised under a euphonious name, such as psycho-physical parallelism or the double-aspect theory.
In the present day the two theories of the relation of mind and body that divide the field between them and stand opposed to each other are interactionism and parallelism.
Some psychologists incline to be parallelists, some are warm advocates of interactionism.
The parallelist, for it is he who opposes interactionism, insists that we must not forget that mental phenomena do not belong to the same order as physical phenomena.
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