Body and MindConcerned with the nature of the human body, the nature of the human mind, and how the body and mind interact. This investigation into what is, then, the nature of man himself is one of the most crucial philosophical questions and is preliminary to the broader investigations of logic, metaphysics and epistemology. |
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... scientific theory . In taking the widest possible perspective , in scrutinizing all the scientific and common - sense mate- rial , the philosopher discharges a necessary task which cannot proceed by direct experimental research ...
... scientific theory . In taking the widest possible perspective , in scrutinizing all the scientific and common - sense mate- rial , the philosopher discharges a necessary task which cannot proceed by direct experimental research ...
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... scientific psychological investigation . The empirical evidence urged for the spirituality of the mind is rather that of parapsychology , the unortho- dox investigation of extraordinary capacities of mind . This evidence is of two types ...
... scientific psychological investigation . The empirical evidence urged for the spirituality of the mind is rather that of parapsychology , the unortho- dox investigation of extraordinary capacities of mind . This evidence is of two types ...
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... scientific : How does the siren work ? In Behaviorist doctrine , the philosophical Mind - Body problem gives way to the scientific problem : How does the body work in producing those behavioral manifestations which we describe in mental ...
... scientific : How does the siren work ? In Behaviorist doctrine , the philosophical Mind - Body problem gives way to the scientific problem : How does the body work in producing those behavioral manifestations which we describe in mental ...
Contents
THE MINDBODY PROBLEM AND | 1 |
HOW THE MINDBODY PROBLEM ARISES | 14 |
Propositions | 25 |
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