The Mind-Body Problem: Knot or Not?

About the Book

The Mind-Body Problem Examined

The mystery of consciousness and its relationship to the mind and the material world remains a philosophical enigma. This book is a comprehensive review of the thoughts and research devoted to this problem over the last century and offers the sometimes surprising views of psychologist/philosopher Merle Turner.

Written over a period of fifteen years, The Mind-Body Problem: Knot or Not? is the latest word on the identity theory--that mind and body are one. The ontological problem--reality of mind and body; the epistemic problem--interaction of the body and mind; and the methodological problem--relation of knowledge of the mind to the brain are all thoroughly explained. His audience is not limited to professionals. Any concerned lay person or student can follow the arguments. In short, this book offers a brilliant, lucid examination of consciousness and of how the divide between mind and brain can be bridged without denying the reality of either.

About the Author

Merle Turner (1917-2005) enjoyed an academic career teaching Psychology and the Philosophy of Science. He styled himself a "romantic realist" and he loved language. He held degrees from Willamette, Stanford and the University of Colorado, Boulder and was Professor Emeritus of San Diego State University. He took early retirement from SDSU to sail his Garden Ketch to New Zealand. But he never retired from yachting or writing. He is the author of Philosophy and the Science of Behavior, Psychology and the Philosophy of Science, Realism and the Explanation of Behavior, Knot of Not: The Mind Body Problem, Celestial and the Cruising Navigator, Tornado and other Tales of Quandary, How we Lose Friends and Alienate People, and two collections of Quatroons (quatrains illustrated y a cartoon).