mind-body problem

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mind-body problem

n
(Philosophy) the traditional philosophical problem concerning the nature of mind, body, and the relationship between them. See dualism2, interactionism, parallelism3, monism1, idealism3, materialism2, identity theory, behaviourism2
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mind-body problem

The philosophical question of how mind and body are related, and whether mind is a non-physical substance.
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He eschews the mind-body dichotomy promoted from Descartes forward and supplants mind-brain dualism with a duality between mind and appearance and relativizes dualism itself to the point of transforming it.
Neofinalism
Because, despite the erosion of the mind-body dichotomy, like the left brain/right brain theory of personality, the division yet remains alive in the culture.
Singing with your whole brain: the mind-body problem
For some scholars, neuroscience promises a scientific foundation for humanist research, transcending the mind-body dichotomy by connecting psychic processes to the brain's physical structures.
Philip Davis, Shakespeare Thinking. London: Continuum, 2007
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