mind-body problem

[ mahynd-bod-ee ]

/ ˈmaɪndˈbɒd i /

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noun Philosophy.

the problem of explaining the relation of the mind to the body.

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Origin of mind-body problem

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby mind-body problem

mind bender, mind-bending, mindblower, mind-blowing, mind-body, mind-body problem, mind-boggling, M.Ind.E., minded, Mindel, Minden

How to use mind-body problem in a sentence

The line of thinking based on Integrated Information Theory might also loop back on the mind-body problems that inspired it.
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The problem of consciousness will surely remain difficult, but understanding the ancient mind-body problem will become a little bit easier.
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In fact, panpsychism has been around for thousands of years as one of various solutions to the mind-body problem.
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And not just sick in the body but in your mind, because you start obsessing.
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In other words, the free speech exhibited by the folks at Charlie Hebdo was not virtuous—until there was a body count.
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Several times, either because they forgot or they had a technical problem, they connected directly, and we could see them.
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The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?
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True, this may not be what James Madison had in mind when he was writing the Bill of Rights.
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The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
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Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
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He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
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"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.
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The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
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British Dictionary definitions for mind-body problem

mind-body problem

noun

the traditional philosophical problem concerning the nature of mind, body, and the relationship between themSee dualism (def. 2), interactionism, parallelism (def. 3), monism (def. 1), idealism (def. 3), materialism (def. 2), identity theory, behaviourism (def. 2)

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