mind-bodyn.adj.
/ˈmʌɪn(d)ˌbɒdi/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪn(d)ˈˌbɑdi/ Chiefly Philosophy and Psychology.
A. n.
A living entity which has both mental and material elements, or which is a composite of a mind and a body; esp. a human being viewed in this way. Also: mental and bodily processes considered as being causally interrelated.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of mind-body interrelation > [noun]
mind-body1873
body-mind1877
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [noun] > being or entity > other types of entity
ens rationis1565
mind-body1873
metaorganism1949
1873 A. Bain Mind & Body vi. 132 The line of mental sequence is thus, not mind causing body and body causing mind, but mind-body giving birth to mind-body; a much more intelligible position.
1920 S. Alexander Space, Time & Deity II. 355 The acts of its mind-body would take the place of our organic or motor sensa.
1950 A. Huxley Themes & Variations 115 Biran was an existentialist, who insisted that man must always be considered as he really is, an incarnate spirit or mindbody.
1983 J. Macy Despair & Personal Power ii. 31 Society is a cybernetic system, which only functions well where there is free circulation of information, matter and energy. That is how our mind-bodies work.
1990 G. Plimpton Best of Plimpton iv. v. 335 Finch does something similar—an apparent deflection of the huge forces of the universe into throwing a baseball..through the process of siddhi, namely the yogic mystery of mind-body.
B. adj.
Of, designating, or relating to the mind and the body, or to the relation of mind to body. mind-body problem n. the problem of giving an account of the relationship between mental processes and bodily processes.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > [adjective]
physico-psychicala1832
psychosomatica1834
psychophysiological1839
physico-mental1844
psychophysical1847
physico-psychological1855
physiopsychological1872
psychophysic1883
physiopsychic1890
psychophysiologic1898
mind-body1907
physiopsychologic1932
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of mind-body interrelation > [adjective]
neutral1904
mind-body1907
1904 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 1 609 The author naturally finds it difficult to steer between the scepticism as to the mind-and-body problem which he deprecates..and the metaphysics which he condemns.]
1907 Mind 16 620 The essential significance of the mind-body relationship.
1908 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 5 598 Since my solution of the mind-body problem emphasizes the reactive unity of the whole individual..a statement of the main difference may be worth while.
1925 I. A. Richards Princ. Lit. Crit. 84 The Mind-Body problem is strictly speaking no problem.
1963 A. Kaplan in P. A. Schilpp Philos. R. Carnap 841 The situation is like that of the attempts to soften the mind-body dualism by introducing subtle interactions.
1983 B. Inglis & R. West Alternative Health Guide 109 Using principles and exercises the aim is to programme the brain so that the whole mind-body system works efficiently.
1993 Psychol. Today July 59/1 Immortalized in Bartlett's for his inscrutable Popeye-like declamation, ‘I think therefore I am,’ Descartes was history's most persuasive partisan of the mind-body split.
1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 June 44/4 Searle calls this solution to the mind-body problem ‘biological naturalism’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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