Concept
Non-physical entity
Overview
In ontology and the philosophy of mind, a non-physical entity is an object that exists outside physical reality. The philosophical schools of idealism and dualism assert that such entities exist, while physicalism asserts that they do not. Positing the existence of non-physical entities leads to further questions concerning their inherent nature and their relation to physical entities.
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Philosophers who discussed Non-physical entity
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- Idealism
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- Ontology
- Property dualism
- Ghost in the machine
- Physicalism
- René Descartes
- Set (mathematics)
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- Meditations on First Philosophy
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- Christian List
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Place in the tradition
Part of Mind–body dualism.