AFRICAN RESPONSE TO THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM.

Rene Descartes tried to no avail to resolve the problem that resulted from his celebrated meditations. The mind/body problem has persisted since then, in spite of the much intellectual efforts that have been devoted to its resolution. We argue in this work, that the problem may likely not be resolved until the ontological and logical background upon which philosophers stand to ponder on this problem is reviewed. In attempting to review this background, we argue that the African unique ontology that sees reality as dovetailing into another, could serve as a guide. This work therefore presents African unique conception of the mind/body problem, with the aim of showing clearly why the mind/body problem is absent in African philosophy and may even be a mirage in Western philosophy, if looked at from a different ontological and logical foundation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]