Multiplism of the Mind and Its Quality: A Solution to the Mind-Body Problem
Open Journal of Philosophy January 1, 2023 Xinmin Gao, Yu Zhang, Guanqi He
Mind-body theories have reached an impasse, but a broader view of mental phenomena—especially those recognized in Buddhism and other value-seeking Eastern philosophies—offers a way forward. By cataloging the types and qualities of mental phenomena, the thesis identifies at least four distinct kinds of mind-body relation: between the mind and the body as a whole, between the mind as a whole and parts of the body, between types of mental phenomena and parts of the body, and between types of mental phenomena and the body as a whole. This framework suggests that the mind-body problem has multiple, not single, solutions.