Analyze the western dualist concept of the self

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Problem: In this problem, students will compare and analyze the western dualist concept of the self with the Buddhist teaching of no-self. In western philosophy, the concept of mind-body dualism has a long history. This idea states that the physical, mortal body and the spiritual, immortal mind/soul are two entirely different substances united temporarily in the human person. In Buddhist philosophy, however, there is no core "self" or soul, but five different factors (physical body, feelings, thoughts, wishes, self-consciousness) which make you "you." Compare these two ideas about selfhood and explain which one makes more sense to you and why.

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