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Multiplism of the Mind and Its Quality: A Solution to the Mind-Body Problem
Institute of Mind and Cognition, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
Research Center for Marxist Theory and Regional Practice, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- 1 Institute of Mind and Cognition, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- 2 School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- 3 Research Center for Marxist Theory and Regional Practice, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
Open Journal of Philosophy·Volume 13 (2023)·Pages 210–228·Published 4 April 2023·DOI10.4236/ojpp.2023.132014
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Abstract
Some scholars concluded that mind-body theories had come to an impasse. Trying to include mental phenomenon addressed in Buddhism and other value-seeking philosophies in eastern cultures, this thesis provides a solution based on a recognition of a wider range of the mental phenomena and the differences of their qualities. Through a “census” of most types and constitutes of mental phenomena and their qualities, we claim that there are at least four kinds of mind-body relation: the relation between the mind and the body as a whole, between the mind as a whole and constitutive parts of the body, between types of mental phenomena and constitutive parts of the body, and between types of mental phenomena and the body as a whole.
KeywordsMind-Body ProblemMindMental PhenomenaMultiplism of the MindOntological Status
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