Mind-Body Dualism- A theory that says that the mind and body are different kind of things. The mind is non-physical and the body is physical.
The Mind- the intellectual power in man, understanding cast of thought and feeling, inclination, opinion, and memory
The Body- The trunk of an animal; main part, matter, a persona system; strength; reality; any solid figure
Mind-Body Identity- Events in the brian cause mental experinces. One way discovered by W. Penfield. It helps us understand how introspection works.
Functionalism- implies that any sufficiently complex system will have a mind and that the physical composition of the system doesn't matter.
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McGraw-Hill, 2005. 71-79.
Webster and Roget. Dictionary and Thesaurus. Abridged ed. Flordia:
Westion, 2000. 19 & 107.
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