The Mind/Body Problem

The mind/body problem is a fundamental philosophical problem that even the greatest thinkers have pondered throughout our history, but still have yet to provide an adequate solution for. The problem lies specifically in the philosophical realm of metaphysics, which involves the examination of the nature of our reality. According to metaphysics, reality consists of two things: the physical, and the mental. The 'physical' are things that exist in a material sense, such as neurotransmitters, …

…based on the arguments proposed against it, and the better alternative in the materialists' approach to the mind/body problem. However, for a question so abstract and still unsolved after all these years, this paper gives little credit to the mind/body debate in its totality, and therefore agrees that there is still room for further argument, and debate. Works Cited Brook, Andrew, and Robert J. Stainton. Knowledge and Mind: A Philosophical Introduction. MIT Press, 2000.