What is the relation between the mind (thoughts, perceptions, sensations, emotions) and the physical body? The traditional answer, assumed by all religions that believe in an afterlife, is dualism: ...

Dualism holds that the mind and body are separate, with mental experiences not fully explained by physical processes alone. René Descartes popularized dualism by arguing the mind is non-physical while ...

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Are we all material—tissues and veins—or is there some nonmaterial substance, some essence, that transcends the corporeal ...

DEAR BONNIE: I recently was diagnosed for the second time with a rare cancer that has come back and is putting my mind and body into a tailspin of questions and feelings. I was wondering if you had ...