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Originally Posted by v1k1ng1001
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Meanwhile they fail to notice that a figure like Foucault has incredible purchase in other academic fields and is of interest to folks outside the academy. They don't get it that no one really cares about the mind/body problem anymore but they do care about how power and knowledge operate in contemporary society. I mean really, artificially positing a metaphysical disconnection between mind and body admits of no resolution--or admits of any resolution you're willing to make up which is why so much can be written while at the same time no one cares. ...
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It seems to me that neuro-science has taken over the study of the mind/body problem - a study of the nature of conscience.