How you see mind & body

How you see the relationship between mind, consciousness and the physical body.

The mind–body problem in philosophy of mind: how consciousness relates to the physical brain. A self-description of the view closest to yours — it remains genuinely open. (Philosophy of mind — the mind–body problem)

Groups

• Physicalism — Mind is the brain — entirely physical processes.
• Dualism — Mind and body are distinct kinds of thing.
• Idealism — Reality is fundamentally mental or experiential.
• Panpsychism — Consciousness is a basic, widespread feature of nature.
• Functionalism — Mind is defined by what it does, not what it's made of.
• Emergentism — Mind arises from, but isn't reducible to, physical matter.
• Open / unknowable — Consciousness may lie beyond our full understanding.

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• School of philosophy you lean toward
• Your view of human nature
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• The big question that grips you
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