Mind and Body

The body is completely different from the soul, with the body being a material substance, an the soul being weighs nothing, and is an immaterial substance. The soul is made up of beliefs, thoughts, and feelings. In this chapter Materialists have a few theories of Body and soul. One theory is behaviorism, which involves explaining behavior with reference to thoughts and feelings. This theory was popular for half a century and then abandoned, by psychologists and philosophers. The second theory is Mind and body Identity with events in the brain causing mental experiences. This is experimentally confirmed in various ways. This theory can explain how thoughts can occur without behavior being involved. The third theory is functionalism which basically fills in the blanks for the Mind and body Identity theory. For example, conscious experiences such as being in pain is identical with neurological occurrences in the brain.