McGinn on Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem
Anthony Brueckner, E Alex Beroukhim
Consciousness January 23, 2003 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780199241286.003.0015 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that the mind is entirely indivisible and the body is always divisible, establishing a fundamental distinction between the two. |
Abstract
Abstract There is a great difference between mind and body, inasmuch as a body is by nature alway divisible, and the mind is entirely indivisible. For, as a matter of fact, when I consider the mind, that is to say myself inasmuch as I am only a thinking thing, I cannot distinguish in myself any parts, but apprehend myself to be clearly one and entire ... But it is quite otherwise with corporeal and extended objects.