The Mind-Body Problem: A New View

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Up to the present time, the problem of body and mind belonged to the domain of philosophy. That is, it was discussed in terms of epistemology or metaphysics. An attempt is here made to approach it as an empirical problem, utilizing the knowledge of modern biology; developmental, introspective, and social psychology; psychopathology and psychiatry; cultural anthropology; linguistics; history of culture, etc. The conclusion is reached that the traditional Cartesian dualism cannot be maintained either with respect to immediate experience or to the constructs of physics (neurophysiology) and psychology. Consequences of this revision are the rejection of reductionism; the conception of the psychophysical organism as an autonomously active system; the recognition of culture and values beyond the physical and psychic; and proposals for reorientation in psychopathology and psychotherapy.

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