The Mind–Body Problem
The connection between mind and body has been a perennial question for scientists and philosophers to ponder. In the early 1990s the scientist Francis Crick had declared: “You’re nothing but a pack of neurons.” In 2016, the sense of one observer is, mind-body research has regressed instead of progressing. A wide diversity of speculation underscores this weakness, implying that researchers haven’t found an approach that compels consensus.
Key Takeaways:
- Socrates was the first person who posed mind-body problems.
- After Socrates there followed more than two millennia of pointless philosophical bickering.
- The great Francis Crick and Christof Koch said it was time to rescue the mind -body problem from philosophers and make it a respectable scientific problem.
“After Socrates, there followed more than two millennia of what I unfairly call “pointless philosophical bickering.” Thinkers trying to solve the mind-body problem generally fell into one of three camps: Idealism (mind rules), materialism (matter rules) and dualism (matter and mind are separate but equal).”
Read the full article here: The Mind–Body Problem, Scientific Regress and “Woo” – Scientific American
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