mind-body problem

collocation in English

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mind-body
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌmaɪndˈbɒd.i/us
/ˌmaɪndˈbɑː.di/
connected with the relationship between the mind and the body and how mental processes and physical processes affect ...
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problem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɒb.ləm/us
/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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Materialists, on the other hand, generally view themind-bodyproblemas empirical, which is why they favor the topic-neutral approach.
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Themind-bodyproblemwas, then, a symbol, and, like all significant symbols, it was both rich in multiple meanings and contested by many authors.
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He raised themind-bodyproblemonly to immediately place it outside the bounds of current science.
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To see why, we must ask what a topic-neutral approach to themind-bodyproblemis and why dualists resist it.
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But he was absolutely clear when he had to address themind-bodyproblemdirectly.
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It relocates the history of themind-bodyproblem, usually thought of as a "perennial" topic in the history of philosophy, in the history of culture.
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One might, of course, wish, out of other considerations, simply to set themind-bodyproblemaside and concentrate on refining taxonomic characterizations within phenomenal experience.
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Clayton's discussion of this issue is muddied, however, by his inconsistent handling of themind-bodyproblem.
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However, the realmind-bodyproblemis not the relation between intellect and a material brain but the relation between an experienced sensation, as a natural existent, and its brain.
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It is the latest version of a classic problem in the philosophy of mind called themind-bodyproblem.
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Epistemological pluralism is one view in which themind-bodyproblemis "not" reducible to the concepts of the natural sciences.
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Pragmatists disagree over whether philosophers ought to adopt a quietist or a naturalist stance toward themind-bodyproblem.
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Themind-bodyproblemconcerns the explanation of the relationship, if any, that exists between minds, or mental processes, and bodily states or processes.
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