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Philosophy of mind is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind, mental events, mental functions, mental properties, consciousness and their relationship to the physical body, particularly the brain. The mind-body problem, i.e. the relationship of the mind to the body, is commonly seen as the central issue in philosophy of mind, although there are other issues concerning the nature of the mind that do not involve its relation to the physical body. Dualism and monism are the... full article at wikipedia

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philosopher	era
Noam Chomsky	20th-century philosophy Contemporary philosophy
David Hume	Age of Enlightenment
Daniel Dennett	20th-century philosophy Contemporary philosophy
Friedrich Hayek	20th-century philosophy
John Locke
Hilary Putnam	20th-century philosophy
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac	Age of Enlightenment
Thomas Nagel	Contemporary philosophy
Richard Rorty	20th-century philosophy
John McDowell	20th-century philosophy
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