Barfort, Amalie

Bonde, Christine

Eskesen, Julie

Flint, Sara

Reindel, Mathilde Trier

This paper aims to investigate and problematise different ways to view the relation between body and mind. This problem will be dealt with from an existential phenomenological and a psychological perspective. The paper problematises the dualistic separation of body and mind, using works of the existential philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Based on an analysis of selected concepts with reference to these theorists, the paper strives to illustrate how both theorists question dualism. It is, however, found that there are fundamental differences in their approaches to human existence and how they understand the connection between body and mind. Lastly, the paper discusses the challenges that arise when human beings make science about human existence. The theorists Niels Engelsted, Valentine Cunningham and Maggie MacLure contribute to this discussion, as their theories revolve around the consequences of human beings making theory about human existence. Based on these findings the paper summarises that psychological theories, even though they fragment body and mind, also enable us to talk about a relation between body and mind.This paper aims to investigate and problematise different ways to view the relation between body and mind. This problem will be dealt with from an existential phenomenological and a psychological perspective. The paper problematises the dualistic separation of body and mind, using works of the existential philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Based on an analysis of selected concepts with reference to these theorists, the paper strives to illustrate how both theorists question dualism. It is, however, found that there are fundamental differences in their approaches to human existence and how they understand the connection between body and mind. Lastly, the paper discusses the challenges that arise when human beings make science about human existence. The theorists Niels Engelsted, Valentine Cunningham and Maggie MacLure contribute to this discussion, as their theories revolve around the consequences of human beings making theory about human existence. Based on these findings the paper summarises that psychological theories, even though they fragment body and mind, also enable us to talk about a relation between body and mind

Den kropumulige psykologi - en undersøgelse af relationen mellem krop og bevidsthed

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