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Philosophy

The Relationship Between Mind and Body in Philosophy

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Descartes argued that the mind and body are completely different kinds of substances, yet he believed they interacted in the small pineal gland at the center of the brain — one of the first 'scientific' attempts to explain this mysterious connection.

Why this is interesting

You stub your toe and feel a sharp, throbbing pain — but that pain itself is not made of flesh, blood, or neurons. How can a physical body produce something as immaterial as a feeling?