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1Universität Düsseldorf, Klinisches Institut und Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Düsseldorf. tress@uni-duesseldorf.de
Zeitschrift Fur Psychosomatische Medizin Und Psychotherapie
|October 6, 2011
Summary
This study explores the mind-brain problem, proposing an "Alpha configuration" to bridge neurophysiology and subjective experience. This model preserves the holistic view of mind and body essential for medical practice.
Area of Science:
- Philosophy of Mind
- Neuroscience
- Psychosomatics
Context:
- The mind-brain problem remains a central debate, questioning the ontological independence of mental events from brain physiology.
- Physicalism faces challenges from intuitions about subjective experience (qualia) and the potential for artificial general intelligence.
- Existing models struggle to reconcile objective, third-person neurophysiological data with subjective, first-person conscious experience.
Purpose:
- To present a novel conceptual framework, the "Alpha configuration," addressing the mind-brain problem.
- To integrate Gottlob Frege's distinction between sense and reference with Gestalt psychology's psychophysical concepts.
- To propose a speculative model that reconciles neurophysiological processes with subjective conscious experience.
Summary:
- The proposed
- Alpha configuration
- acts as a common reference point for both third-person neurophysiological data and first-person phenomenal experience.
- This model allows for the possibility of currently unknown biological mechanisms underlying consciousness.
- It supports the holistic view of the soma and psyche, crucial for medical practitioners.
Impact:
- Maintains the validity of the holistic mind-body connection in medicine.
- Emphasizes the necessity of integrating objective medical-scientific competence with subjective empathic understanding in patient care.
- Positions physicians as "medical artists" who utilize both scientific knowledge and empathetic sensibility.