Open AccessThe Body-Mind Dichotomy a Problem or Artifact
Author(s) -
Piotr Lenartowicz
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
forum philosophicum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2353-7043
pISSN - 1426-1898
DOI - 10.35765/forphil.1996.0101.2
Subject(s) - a priori and a posteriori , artifact (error) , illusion , epistemology , agency (philosophy) , subatomic particle , organism , mind–body problem , computer science , scale (ratio) , cognitive science , psychology , artificial intelligence , cognitive psychology , philosophy , physics , biology , paleontology , quantum mechanics , elementary particle , nuclear physics
The principles of the physical patterns of self-organization are numerous, different upon various levels of the scale of complexity (subatomic, molecular, geological, astrophysical). The integrated pattern of the changes going on in a living body indicates an integrated nature of its principle - whatever it might happen to be. Aristotle called this kind of principle „psycho", H . Driesch called it „entelecheia", sociobiolo- gists believe that D N A is the right name for it. The fundamental problem consists in seeing - not just deciding a priori - if the empirical data do require - in a living organism - a single, integrating agency. If such a requirement originates in an illusion, the whole problem is fictitious. If this requirement is well founded, then we must to search for such an agent.