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MIND DUST THEORY [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

The composition theory ... of mind in the form which holds that there are particles or atoms (dust) of mind everywhere in nature, accompanying material atoms, and on suitable occasions forming the "stuff" of conscious mind as postulated by the mind-stuff theory.

Key term(s)
  • mind dust theory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
OBS

L'atomisme mental se confond [...] avec la théorie associationniste. [...] on qualifie d'atomiste toute théorie psychologique qui conçoit la conscience comme une réalité en soi constituée d'éléments discrets susceptibles de former des agrégats par association.

Spanish

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