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Mind–body problem

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The mind–body problem is a philosophical problem concerning the relationship between thought and consciousness in the human mind, and the body.It is not obvious how the concept of the mind and the concept of the body relate. For example, feelings of sadness (which are mental events) cause people to cry (which is a physical state of the body). Finding a joke funny (a mental event) causes one to laugh (another bodily state). Feelings of pain (in the mind) cause avoidance behaviours (in the body), and so on.

Mind–body problem - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Open question in philosophy of how abstract minds interact with physical bodies Illustration of mind–body dualism by René Descartes . Inputs are passed by the sensory organs to the pineal gland , and from there to the immaterial spirit . The mind–body problem is a philosophical problem concerning the relationship between thought and consciousness in the human mind and body . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It addresses the nature of consciousness, mental states, and their relation to the physical brain and nervous system . The pro

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