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Mind body problem One of the most intriguing questions with which philosophers, psychologists, and scientists have struggled has to do with the relationship of the body and the mind. Are people merely physical machines who respond only to physical stimuli? Is there actually a mind that is distinct and separate from the body? Are minds capable of surviving the death of the body? Are we more than material objects? In this paper, I want to …

…mind is instinctive. We know that we have thoughts, feelings, and consciousness. Who can rationally deny this? We assume the existence of logic by the very ideas we have and arguments we make. What material theory is adequate to describe why these things are so? Further, an admission that we do not know everything there is to know should, at the least, admit the possibility that there are some things that even science cannot explain.