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Why is dualism wrong? How to prove it?

This does not mean that dualism is wrong. Philosophically, we often compare the traditional thinking modes of Chinese and Western philosophy, saying that the traditional thinking mode of the West is dualism, while the traditional thinking mode of China is the unity of man and nature, but this does not mean that which one has more advantages, let alone right or wrong.

Dualism is essentially a scientific way of thinking, that is to say, the world is the difference between right and wrong, truth and fallacy. The former corresponds to rationality, while the latter corresponds to sensibility, which is the opposition between subject and object in terms of man and the world. It is this way of thinking that promotes the development of science and our power to transform the world and conquer nature. However, if this way of thinking goes to extremes, it will have negative effects, such as the destruction of ecology and the extinction of science, so we need to deeply reflect on dualism.