How does the conscious mind relate to the physical body? Two common
views from the past offered the stark choice between dualism -
which said mind and body were quite separarte - and physicalism -
which said the mind was in fact "nothing but" the physical brain.
Both these views have been widely rejected. "Emergence " theory
offers a compromise: the mind "emerges" from the physical body but
the whole person, mind and body, is more than the sum of the
physical parts. In collection of essays on the relation between the
conscious mind and the body, philosopher Robert Van Gulick gives a
clear overview and comparison on "emergent" and "reductive"
approaches. Other contributors discuss more detailed aspects of the
subject, while the editor argues for the radical proposal the even
God is an "emergent property".
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