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[from 'The Rediscovery of the Mind' by John Searle, in 17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 3. Property Dualism ]

Full Idea

Property dualists (e.g. Nagel and McGinn) think that the mind-body problem is frightfully difficult, perhaps altogether insoluble.

Gist of Idea

Property dualists tend to find the mind-body problem baffling

Source

John Searle (The Rediscovery of the Mind [1992], Ch. 1.I)

Book Reference

Searle,John R.: 'The Rediscovery of the Mind' [MIT 1999], p.2


A Reaction

Nagel's problem is that our concepts aren't up to it; McGinn's is that the very structure of our minds isn't up to it. My view is that the difficulty is the complexity we are up against, not the ontology.