Physicalism

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post

Author
Mind Matters

Date
November 16, 2018

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
_longform, Physicalism, Placebo effect, Ted Kaptchuk}

Yes, the Placebo Effect Is Real, Not a Trick

_{But the fact that the mind acts on the body troubles materialists. Such facts, they say, require revision} _{Mind Matters

November 16, 2018

Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

The fact that you may start to get better if you believe you are receiving treatment is one of the best-attested facts in medicine. Despite that, far from being accepted, this "placebo effect" is seen in many quarters as, at best, a “pesky thing” and at worst, a “trick,” if not a “fraud.” Perhaps that is due to a drive to reduce medical science to the purely physical. Read More ›