Mind-Body: A Pluralistic Interpretation of Mind-Body Interaction Under the Guidelines of Time, Space, and Movement

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In this work, Moulyn examines some of the most fundamental questions arising from human experience: Why do we feel and behave as if mind and body are separate entities What is the actual relationship between them Dissatisfied with the common philosophic view that categorically separated body and mind by placing one in space and the other in time, he proposes an objective and subjective "timespace" to explain mind-body interaction and create a basis for unity and inner harmony. Choosing a point at which body and mind intersect, the author focuses on the neuromuscular and psychological nature of movement and distinguishes between two kinds of movement: "mechanical" and "purpose-striving". He places "mechanical" movement in objective "timespace" while purposeful movement, which is linked to mental activity, he assigns to subjective "timespace". This schema is used to explore a range of physical/psychological phenomena, including the reasons for the human tendency to separate mind from body and time and space; the implications of human foreknowledge of death; the evolutionary development body-mind interaction; mental processses; the concepts of self, ego and soul; and the question of creativity. Provising a new perspective on a fundamental human dilemma, this work is relevant to studies and classes in neurophysiology, philosophy, humanism and the philosophy of science.

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From the perspective of psychiatry, challenges the common philosophic view that separates body from mind by placing the first in space and the second in time. In terms accessible to the general reader, Moulyn, retired psychiatrist and author of several books, proposes an objective and subjective timespace based on the neuromuscular and physiological interaction in movement.-Reference & Research Book News
"From the perspective of psychiatry, challenges the common philosophic view that separates body from mind by placing the first in space and the second in time. In terms accessible to the general reader, Moulyn, retired psychiatrist and author of several books, proposes an objective and subjective timespace based on the neuromuscular and physiological interaction in movement."-Reference & Research Book News

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ADRIAN C. MOULYN, a retired psychiatrist, and a life member of the AMA and the American Psychiatric Association, is a member of the emeritus staff of Stamford Hospital, Stamford, Connecticut. He has published original work in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, and the philosophy of science. Dr. Moulyn is the author of Structure, Function, and Purpose and The Meaning of Suffering (Greenwood Press, 1982).