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This 5 page paper examines the philosophical problem and provides a solution. The solution is evaluated and the other side taken as well. The mind-body problem is defined. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the body alone does not make a person. Yet, it is an integral part of a person. People without functioning bodies--victims of accidents, victims of DES, those who suffer by
natures cruelty--are nevertheless persons. Retarded people, people with Downs Syndrome and those with very low I.Q.s are given every chance in this world to be full-fledged human begins. Vegetables, or
those suffering in hospitals that cannot feed themselves for example, are also given the same rights as other human beings, although that is arguable. Still, there is a sanctity of
human life. People in horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied mind--their slow mind--really be who
they are? The mind/body problem is a difficult quandary. All people have a body and they all have a mind of some sort. The mind/body problem more specifically is
"the problem of giving an account of how minds, or mental processes, are related to bodily states and processes" (Honderich, 1995, p. 579). Descartes thought of the mind as
something akin to a substance, but a mental substance, and this is equated with thinking or consciousness (1995). Descartes mind-body paradigm includes something called substance dualism such as the dualism
of two different sorts of things like property dualism for example (1995). Keith Campbell (1970) also addresses the classic mind-body problem in his volume. In fact, the mind-body problem is
something that is quite intriguing but something that has never been resolved. It continues to be a subject of great interest in the realm of philosophical thought. The mind-body problem
is submitted by a student with the following statements: " 1. The human body is a material thing. 2. The human mind is a spiritual thing. 3. Mind and body
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