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The mind and natural sciences are related because natural sciences have historically sought to explain the mind through material reductionism [1], while the Cartesian dualism inherent in the modern scientific worldview has created a foundational divide between the mind and the natural world [2].
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 2 facts
claimCartesian dualism has been identified as the most central problem of modern science and the modern/colonial worldview due to its ontological dualism, which contributes to the 'Great Divide' between mind and body, subject and object, human and non-human, culture and nature, humanities and natural sciences, and Us and Them.
claimNatural sciences have historically attempted to explain the mind by reducing it to a byproduct of matter, operating under the assumption that matter is simpler to analyze than consciousness.