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A Comprehensive Overview on Various Mind-Body Models
MA Yue, CUI Weicheng
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5313/2021.11.002
Westlake University, Hangzhou, China
To understand what the relation between the mind and body is, philosophers and scientists have done quite a lot of work, but their opinions are controversial and this problem is known as mind-body dichotomy. Mind and body are thought to be separated in ancient Greek and ancient India and both of the two civilizations emphasize the dominated role of mind in the mind-body interaction. However, modern sciences such as biology are based on materialism and they think that mental phenomena are entirely dependent upon brain. A series of philosophical groups focusing on the mind-body problem, such as physicalism and dualism, have been developed based on traditional views and scientific advances. In this paper, a comprehensive overview and comparison to various theoretical mind-body models are carried out and based on the relativity of simultaneity axiom we recently proposed, we concluded that mind and body should be two independent existences and any theory based on monist philosophy such as materialism, idealism and Christianity cannot satisfy the logical consistency requirement while the trialism of matter, energy and information is unnecessary.
mind-body dichotomy, comparison, the relativity of simultaneity axiom, general system perspective, ontology, matter, energy, information, monism, dualism, trialism
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