Advances in the empirical sciences are today giving us greater insights into the relationship between body and mind than ever before. Despite this, the mind-body problem is resisting rapid solution through empirical research. One soon encounters deep and intractable philosophical questions: To what extent is the mind independent of the body? Are the brain and the mind identical? Can the mind have effects in the world? Philosophy is able to make a genuine contribution to the answering of questions such as these. This fully revised new edition of the volume The Mind-Body Problem provides an overview of current debates in the philosophy of mind. A "map"