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A substance dualist, in reference to the mind problem, asserts that there are two fundamental and irreducible realities that are needed to fully explain the self.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

"And that's been sort of one of the central challenges today, is to figure out how to not be a dualist, but still explain the reality, the evident reality of mind and consciousness."

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2021

In other words, is ITT a materialist or dualist theory of mind?

From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2015

A dualist all the way down, he divided himself into soul and body, and never could accept the latter.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 19, 2015

Also, he used to call me his dualist, and he would explain how Kant, by means of pure reason, had abolished reason, in order to worship God.

From The Iron Heel by London, Jack