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Mind-Body Philosophy

Mind-Body Philosophy

Mind-Body Philosophy

How is it that our very physical brain creates the very subjective experience we call reality? That is the mind-body problem. In Mind-Body Philosophy, award-winning Professor Patrick Grim of SUNY Stony Brook leads an exhilarating tour through millennia of philosophy and science addressing one of life’s greatest conundrums. What is consciousness and how does it arise? Can we really rely on our perceptions of the world around us? What is the answer to the mind-body problem? You’ll be surprised.

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