The 'ectoplasm' account of substance dualism is criticized because it fails to explain why this specific 'stuff' supports consciousness any better than ordinary matter does.

Authors

• Person: Howard Robinson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition)

Sources

• Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Howard Robinson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

Referenced by nodes (3)

• matter concept
• substance dualism concept
• consciousness concept