Day 194 of 365

July 13

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Philosophy

The Philosophy of Mind

The mind-body problem asks how physical brain matter creates subjective experience. Dualism suggests mind and body are separate substances, while physicalism argues consciousness emerges from brain activity. The 'hard problem of consciousness' - why we have subjective experiences at all - remains unsolved.

💡 Did you know?

Philosopher David Chalmers invented the thought experiment of 'philosophical zombies' - beings identical to humans but lacking consciousness!

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