Question

Plato

Traditional
Christianity
Aristotle

Scientific View

Atheistic Existentialism

Christian Existentialism

Romanticism

Mind-Body Problem

Substance Dualism

Dual Aspect

Materialism

Substance Dualism

Substance Dualism

Dual Aspect

Does God or Transcendent
entity exist?

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

(God is immanent)

Can we prove it using reason

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

1. Are we essentially connected to external
things?

2. Can we feel another’s feelings?

3. Could we tell if we were in the Matrix?

4. Are we NOT islands of subjectivity?

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes