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The problem of the relation between our bodies and our minds, and espe­ cially of the link between brain structures and processes on the one hand and mental dispositions and events on the other is an exceedingly difficult one. Without pretending to be able to foresee future developments, both authors of this book think it improbable that the problem will ever be solved, in the sense that we shall really understand this relation. We think that ...

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In this work, philosopher Karl Popper and Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Sir John Eccles argue the case for a distinctive view of the relation of mind and body.

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The relation between body and mind is one of the oldest riddles that has puzzled mankind. That material and mental events may interact is accepted even by the law: our mental capacity to concentrate on the task can be seriously reduced by drugs. Physical and chemical processes may act upon the mind, and when we are writing a difficult letter, our mind acts upon our body and, through a chain of physical events, upon the mind of the recipient of...