Psychology - One of the more controversial issues

Psychology Central Texas College

One of the more controversial issues in the study of psychology has been the mind-body problem. Consequently, scholars have argued for a very long time about how the mind (i.e., mental qualities) can be distinguished from the body and all other physical qualities. The mind-body problem is considered to be Rene Descartes most important work for the development of modern psychology.

Your task is to review the literature related to the Mind-Body Problem and write a reaction paper on the topic. The paper will be a minimum of 750 words and will be no longer than 1000 words and is required to be more than a simple summary of material you have reviewed. Therefore, each paper could:

• compare and contrast opposing points of view on the topic,
• hypothesize ways that the work could have been improved (or not),
• expand or extend the idea to new domains, or
• question the assumptions or values of the topic.