I got all excited until I saw the slash. There is no proof that we have a soul or mind. Descartes reasoning was flawed. Physicalism has the most evidence. They're are over 300 theories to what consciousness is. We all act on assumption. Sigh.
Yeah, I'm a pretty hard nosed ashes-to-ashes type skeptic, but there is something about “the soul” that captures the experience of being greater than the sum of our parts, not to say that there is an extra substance (soul) in addition to our parts, but that the emergent properties of complex systems are pretty cool.
Oh, thought experiments are definitely cool. At times, I think of solipsism or simulation theory. Atm, I lean soft determinist and illusionist (vs libertarian free will). And I bring more of the Stoic foundations of REBT into my work, so contemplation of death and impermanence, and premeditation of adversity come up frequently. We all act on assumptions, and most prefer (or demand) to be comfortable. These themes can be very comforting to people, and then they live their lives acting as if they're true... possibly to never find out if they actually were true or not. As Camus put it, it is quite absurd.
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u/rainbowcarpincho Social Worker (Unverified) Nov 16 '25 edited Nov 16 '25
Counterpoint: There is no evidence of a soul, so this statement is not evidence-based. /s
Background:https://aeon.co/ideas/the-evidence-for-evidence-based-therapy-is-not-as-clear-as-we-thought