TY - JOUR
T1 - Mind-body, body-mind
T2 - Two distinct problems
AU - Shanon, Benny
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - The mind-body problem concerns the relationship between mind and body, or nowadays - between mind or consciousness and the brain. As a relationship, this can be viewed from two perspectives: from body to mind and from mind to body. In this note I point out that the two readings of the problem are not symmetrical and that there are categorical differences between them. In particular, whereas the body to mind problem constitutes a mystery (cf. the contemporary hard problem), the mind to body problem may be approached from a psychological (as contrasted with philosophical) orientation that allows for concrete phenomenological investigation.
AB - The mind-body problem concerns the relationship between mind and body, or nowadays - between mind or consciousness and the brain. As a relationship, this can be viewed from two perspectives: from body to mind and from mind to body. In this note I point out that the two readings of the problem are not symmetrical and that there are categorical differences between them. In particular, whereas the body to mind problem constitutes a mystery (cf. the contemporary hard problem), the mind to body problem may be approached from a psychological (as contrasted with philosophical) orientation that allows for concrete phenomenological investigation.
KW - Mind-body problem
KW - Phenomenology
KW - Theoretical asymmetry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=54049097185&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09515080802415993
DO - 10.1080/09515080802415993
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AN - SCOPUS:54049097185
SN - 0951-5089
VL - 21
SP - 697
EP - 701
JO - Philosophical Psychology
JF - Philosophical Psychology
IS - 5
ER -