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What are monism, dualism and agnosticism? . .
Monism: A philosophical theory that everything in the world comes down to a kind of origin. Anyone who affirms that the origin of all things in the world is material belongs to materialistic monism; Anyone who thinks that the origin of everything in the world is spiritual belongs to idealism monism; Anyone who thinks that matter or spirit is unified into another reality is a different expression of its essence and belongs to neutral monism.

The origin of the world is reduced to two philosophical theories of non-interference in the origin. Few people hold this theory in the history of human philosophy. The most famous are the ancient Greek philosopher Plato (but Plato is still studied in the category of idealism in the history of general philosophy) and the French mathematician Descartes. Philosophical theory that the consciousness and matter of the world are two independent elements, emphasizing the equal and just existence of matter and spirit. It is believed that the origin of the world is two entities: consciousness and matter. Dualism essentially insists that consciousness exists independently of matter.

Agnosticism: The philosophical view of many scientists and atheists that human beings can't (at least) fully understand the world. For example, contemporary Bill Gates and Buffett are both agnostics, and Chinese mainland philosophy researchers generally criticize agnosticism as idealistic epistemology. But in fact, no one can deny the rationality of "agnosticism". Because of cognitive limitations such as organ structure, human beings are doomed to be ignorant on many issues. Therefore, agnostics generally deny the existence of "clairvoyance" (of course, China people have resistance to it), which is an important philosophical basis of modern natural rights theory and has made inestimable contributions to the progress of human thought.