Dualism holds that the mind and body are separate, with mental experiences not fully explained by physical processes alone. René Descartes popularized dualism by arguing the mind is non-physical while ...

It is commonly believed that there is a mind-body problem because we can give an explanation of matter but not of the mind. But according to John Collins, we don’t understand matter either.

Pain defies the mind-body divide. We usually see physical and psychological pain as separate, but research shows that pain doesn’t work that way. Sabrina Coninx and Peter Stilwell argue that pain is ...

What is the relation between the mind (thoughts, perceptions, sensations, emotions) and the physical body? The traditional answer, assumed by all religions that believe in an afterlife, is dualism: ...