Captain Picard's View Of Materialism In Star Trek

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In the reading of the Synopsis Star Trek episode, I believe Captain Picard is displaying Materialism. Although Data is an android the Captain thought of Data as a colleague and friend. The Captain also believe Data possess physical and mental properties that was characteristics by Picard. Picard views align closely to Hasker statement regarding dualism that human being have both physical and mental properties. (Hasker p.65) Picard knew Data was an android, but with his Positronic brain that help him make his own decisions and felt emotions just like human. Data brain "can be likened to the central control computer of the body and mind to its operator" (Hasker p.70) just as a human. Picard is a Materialist simply because of the physical appearance