The Mind-Body Problem

In this essay, the topic presents an unusual situation which represents the mind-body problem. Considering the condition of the girl which, it seems to be that her brain has been replaced by some sort of technological computer, four different doctors have their own intakes of the girl on whether or not she experiences any mental states or not. Three out of the four doctors views on this fall under the three major concepts on the mind-body problem. Doctor number one, is denying the proposition on which the patient isn’t having any mental states at all which falls under the type-identity theory. Second doctor, is accepting the proposition which believes to have strong AI. Doctor number three, is representing the Cartesian Delusion, the third major concept of the mind-body problem.

This could be said that someone reports some kind of mental state, such as pain or shock; this is some sort of physical process occurring in the brain itself. Smarts, basically went with the behaviorist views of the mental states and which those mental concepts considered resistant to behaviorist treatment, notably sensations. Alternatively, during the time course where behaviorism denying mental causations, it has been required by scholars or identity theorists to hold every single mental state. The physicalist’s mindsets of the type-identity theory were reasonably acceptable which they had made up for, due to the lack of the behaviorists mental causations and the brain as a connection between response and catalyst. Considering these facts, the type-identity theory still has judgement which stands for an argument which relates to the second doctors view about functionalism which is opposite of the type-identity theory (Mandik