| I find this a fascinating topic to discuss. This is my first time here at Volconvo, and i couldnt see an issue about mind and body anywhere in the philosophy section, i realise there is alot to discuss on this issue, but i would like to hear anyones say.
I am interested in finding people's real opinions on this.
General problems to get people started:
The brain is a material thing, and the mind is a spiritual thing. It is clear that the mind and body interact, however spirit and matter do not interact. This is where Descartes forumlated his Cartesian Dualism. This is probably common knowledge to everyone here, but i needed somthing to get myself going in my views / opinions.
There have been several schools of philosophy who have tried to deal with this problem. Behaviourists, Materialists, Eliminativists...etc. Which do you feel has the stronger argument?
This topic also leads into artificial intelligence, and how do we distinguish ourselves from a computer programmed to react like a human (Turing Test - on the AI website i believe)
I'll calm down before i get ahead of myself, but i would be greatly interested into hearing what everyones views are.
-Ian
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