Spinoza and Leibniz do not believe in clear distinctions between the brain and the mind. Spinoza utilizes a monist approach to the issue and states that, despite the seeming differences, both the body and the mind are the manifestations of the universal energy – God. Leibniz offers his own version of monism, in which any substance in the world represents other substances. To him, although mental processes do not cause physical changes and vice versa, bodily motions and perceptions are always parallel and simultaneous. To some extent, Spinoza’s approach fixes the problem since it offers the idea of the universal source of everything. As for Leibniz, his position can be regarded as self-contradictory since he states that parts of one entity are so heterogeneous that they never interact.
Explain how both Spinoza and Leibniz would attempt to avoid the mind-body problem. Explain whether you think Spinoza or Leibniz are successful in resolving the problem and why.
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