Explain and assess the mind and body debate in relation to two branches of psychology

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Explain and assess the mind and body debate in relation to two branches of psychology

This essay will explain and assess the mind and body debate. The first question I will address is why the debate is important. Then I will explain the Monism position and then the dualist position. I will then conclude and will offer my own theory based on an interacting dualist position.

This debate is important because it will tell us what needs to be study either the physiology as in the human brain or the biological side of the debate. Or mental process as in what is inside the brain or the cognitive side of the debate. It may also tell us how the two biological and cognitive interact.

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Monism or materialism argues that the brain or physical matter is the only realism. This view suggests that everything cognitive can be explained in terms on the physical brain. So according to this view nothing exists apart from the biological side. Any talk of cognitive skills would therefore be irrelevant as biology is the only reality.

The dualist side of the argument says that the mind and brain are separate. There are different types of dualism. The first is known as Descartes dualism. This says that the mind and body function as two separate entities. Cartesian dualism ...

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