Some Possible Answers
to the Mind-Body Problem:

Substance Dualism:Mind and body are two different things. (Descartes, Moreland)
Idealism:Minds and their ideas are all that exist. "Bodies" are just certain ideas in minds. (Berkeley)
Physicalism:There is no mental substance. "Minds" are just physical things. (Churchland)
Identity Theory:"Mental states are physical states of the brain." (P 254a) (a version of physicalism)
Property Dualism:Mental states are non-physical properties of the brain.
Functionalism: A mental state is any state that plays a certain causal role (function) in behavior.


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Richard Lee, rlee@uark.edu, last modified: 2 April 2003