AN INTRODUCTION TO NEUROPHILOSOPHY: THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM
Revista da Biologia December 17, 2009 DOI: 10.11606/issn.1984-5154.v3p15-20 (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-body problem remains unresolved, splitting philosophers into dualists and monists who disagree on whether mental states originate in the brain and on the details of any mind-brain relationship. |
Abstract
Neurophilosophy, allied to other sciences, like Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence, triesto unravel the consciousness intelligence mysteries. In spite of the Neurophilosophy development, a MindPhilosophy which essays to conform to the cognitive science observed-events has never had the chance tobe formulated, because there is an enormous disagree concerning the mental states origins. Designed asthe mind-body problem, it breaks up the philosophical and scientific community in dualists and monists. If thefirst ones claim that mental states don ́t have the brain as source, the last ones claim that there is a relationbetween brain physical states and mental states, without, however, being in a consensus about the detailsconcerning the mind-brain relationship.