Current validity of Wilhelm Wundt’s position on the body-mind problem

• Autor: Freitas-Araujo, Saulo de
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2007
• Institución: Universidad de Lima
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Lima
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.ulima.edu.pe:article/914
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.ulima.edu.pe/index.php/Persona/article/view/914
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: mind-body problem

The body-mind problem has been a central and permanent problem not only in the history of psychology but in all the sciences that deal with so-called mental processes. With progress in the neurosciences in the past decades, there is a contemporary trend towards the solution of the problem through brain research. The aim of this study is demonstrate that: (a) the current trend shows a form of naïve materialism, similar to 19th century, “naïve materialism”; and (b) Wilhelm Wundt’s antimaterialist position offers an alternative to naïve materialism which shows to be more plausible.