The mind-body problem raises fundamental questions about causation between mental and physical events, the nature of consciousness, personal identity, and free will. It remains significant in both …

Mind-body problem, in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics, the problem of explaining how mental events arise from or interact with physical events. Historically, three types of theory have been most …

Below we will explore different strands of the mind-body problem, with an emphasis on physicalist attempts to explain the mind. In an era of neuroscience, it seems increasingly plausible that the mind …

Mar 7, 2020 · What is the mind-body problem? The fundamental premise of this problem is the idea of whether the mind and body are two separate entities, or whether they are the same and …

Mar 3, 2025 · The mind-body debate is a fundamental issue in psychology and philosophy, concerning the relationship between the mind (mental processes, consciousness) and the body (physical …

Feb 10, 2025 · The mind–body problem is the problem of explaining how our minds are related to our bodies and to the rest of the material world. It is obvious that our experiences and thoughts, feelings, …

The mind-body problem refers to the philosophical problem of understanding the relationship between the mind and the body. It involves determining whether mental phenomena are a subset of physical …

Aug 19, 2003 · In its broadest form, the mind-body problem is the problem of explaining how humans and other mentally endowed beings end up having, or seeming to have, these very different …

The mind–body problem is the philosophical problem of explaining the relationship between mental phenomena—such as consciousness, thoughts, and experiences—and physical phenomena, …

May 6, 2025 · What are minds? And what (if anything) is the relationship of the mind to the body/brain—or to anything in nature? These questions constitute the so-called “mind-body problem.” …