The Mind-Body Issue in Science

Neuroscience is the study of the brain and psychological science iswell, the answer to that question is not exactly clear. A direct commentary of the word psychology boils down to the study of the nous or the knowledge of the psyche, save psychology does not have a definition of the psyche and, in general, they do not conceptualise in it. Psyche comes from the Greek word meaning soul, so the psyche is actually the study of the soul, and yet psychology today has more or less become a study of the straits, and ironic situation since neither psychologists nor neuroscientists believe in the existence of the mind.The in the main held original view of the mind is that the mind arises from the activity of the brain. Thus, a major philosophical concern of neuroscience is, Does the mind exist separate and independent of the brain? The generally genuine answer to this question is, No. The mind is an epiphenomenon that arises from brain activity. In the past, efforts were made to resolv e this problem with philosophical arguments such as Fredric Weizmanns ideas somewhat genetics and embryology (Forsdyke, 1999) and Michael M. Sokal ideas about phrenology.Today, we can conclude that the mind/body problem of science has been successfully resolved despite the obvious fact that the resolution has yet to be recognized or acknowledged We can now take pride that the resolution to this dilemma did not result in confirming the pervasive 19th-century fear humanness might ultimately be viewed as mere machines lacking souls. (Jacyna, 1994)Despite the generally accepted view that the mind is merely an epiphenomenon that arises from brain activity, more or less superimposed over brain activity, there is actually no evidence to support the idea. To date, all of the available data, without exception, suggests that the mind and the brain are dickens separate but interacting things. Whatever evidence that does not suggest this is neutral. The evidence is sufficiently strong to ha ve swayed diehard monists (who believe that the mind is the brain) into becoming dualists (who believe that the mind and the brain are separate).Upon a review of the available data at the end of his feel, the late neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield, MD (1891 1976), a causation monist, concluded the evidence, it comes as a surprise now to discover, during this final examination of the evidence, that the dualist hypothesis seems the more reasonable of the two possible explanations. (Penfield, 1975) Although the available data whitethorn support Penfields conclusion, there are still some interesting, intriguing and difficult questions to answer such as, What is the realm of consciousness and the mind, How does consciousness and the mind and the realm of mind relate to the brain and the physical body, and Does a mind exist independent of the brain and the physical body? We can briefly address each of these questions separately.The commutation problem with the dualist point of view is that the mind exists as an abstraction unless it arises from brain activity. If the mind exists separate and independent of the brain, the answer to our first question is that the mind exists as an abstract field as proposed around the 1920s by developmental biologist Paul Weiss. (Weiss, 1926) Then, in the mid and late 1930s, Dr. Harold Saxton Burr and his associates discovered estimable such a field. (Burr and Lane, 1935 Burr and Northrop, 1939)Dr. Burr discovered that all living things are molded and controlled by invisible and intangible electro-dynamic fields, that he called L-fields for the fields of life. John White and Stanley Krippner call the L-field the nosepiece or intermediate link surrounded by the mental and the physicalthey offer evidence that the mind and body are quite an separate. (White and Krippner, 1977)If Burrs findings are correct, it seems apparent that consciousness and the mind are electrodynamic fields that interact with the physical body. Burr was able to make a definitive fraternity between the L-field and wound healing and between the L-field and the mental functions and mental states of individuals.Burr and his colleagues found that they could make impersonal, objective measurements of the mental and emotional states of psychiatric patients and that their electrical measurements generally agreed closely with psychiatric diagnoses. Consciousness and the mind somehow relate to the brain and the physical body through an electrical connection or bridge of sorts, forces associated with and coupled to cells. (Jerndal, 1982)Finally, although the preferred view of the mind-body/mind-brain import in neuroscience and psychology is the monistic view which states that the mind is merely an epiphenomenon that arises from brain activity, it is apparent that the mind transcends physical functions of the body, but there are concerns such as can more detailed studies be provided to determine if the mind can be associated with the L-field? Burr, Ravitz and their colleagues provided evidence that established a relationship between nerve and other tissue and that made useful neurological and psychiatric measurements that were associated with mental functions.Therefore, they succeeded in establishing a firm connection between an abstract but very real field and the tangible nervous system. This data provides concrete evidence for the existence of an independent mind that transcends the functions of the physical body. Thus, it appears that the mind-brain and mind-body issue can be laid to rest. 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