Ontology: The Basis of the Mind-body Problem

Abstract

The mind-body has a long history in philosophical thought. It is one of the critical problems that connect with diverse issues, creates a link with the neurosciences, thereby paving the way for onward research therein and is essential to understanding human nature. This relation to nature gives it an ontological base as the problem of entity such that, if well understood, would give a lasting solution. There have been disagreements among philosophers on what constitutes the mind-body problem and how best to deal with it. The nature of the reality in question is of the essence. It means that the issues of the relationship of mind and body do not precede the question of being. With conscious experience, we realize ourselves and other objects as existing entities. This presence of experience necessitates the use of the phenomenological approach. The argument, therefore, is that it is good to establish its ontological status before seeking a solution founded on the set platform. Human beings are the centres of these experiences, a ground of the certainty we have.