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The changing features of the body-mind problem.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18261888     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The body-mind problem invites scientific study, since mental events are repeated and repeatable and invite testable explanations. They seemed troublesome because of the classical theory of substance that failed to solve its own central problems. These are soluble with the aid of the theory of the laws of nature, particularly in its emergentist version [Bunge, M., 1980. The Body-mind Problem, Pergamon, Oxford] that invites refutable explanations [Popper, K.R., 1959. The Logic of Scientific Discovery, Hutchinson, London]. The view of mental properties as emergent is a modification of the two chief classical views, materialism and dualism. As this view invites testable explanations of events of the inner world, it is better than the quasi-behaviorist view of self-awareness as computer-style self-monitoring [Minsky, M., Laske, O., 1992. A conversation with Marvin Minsky. AI Magazine 13 (3), 31-45].
Authors:
Joseph Agassi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review     Date:  2008-01-08
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of physiology, Paris     Volume:  101     ISSN:  0928-4257     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Physiol. Paris     Publication Date:    2007 Jul-Nov
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-03-17     Completed Date:  2008-06-20     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9309351     Medline TA:  J Physiol Paris     Country:  France    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  153-60     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Arts, Ramat Aviv, Tel-Aviv 69967, Israel. agass@post.tau.ac.il
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Emergencies
Humans
Metaphysics
Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics) / physiology*

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