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The bundle theory is a philosophical framework that defines the nature and unity of the [mind] [1], [2], specifically positing that the [mind] is composed of objects of awareness and their relational nexus [3]. Critics like D.M. Armstrong further analyze the [mind] by questioning the independence of the mental contents proposed by the bundle theory [4].
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Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 4 facts
claimPhysicalists generally accept David Hume's bundle theory unless they wish to ascribe the unity of the mind to the brain or the organism as a whole.
claimDavid Hume's bundle theory is a theory about the nature of the unity of the mind and is not necessarily dualist.
claimD.M. Armstrong (1968) objects to bundle theories by arguing that if individual mental contents are the elements of a mind, those contents should be able to exist alone, similar to individual bricks from a house.
claimBundle theory posits that the mind consists of the objects of awareness and the co-consciousness relations that hold between them, with the nexus of these relations constituting the sense of the subject and the act of awareness.