Abstract

In this paper, I am going to review the Hegelian solution to solve Cartesian doctrine of the mind body dualism. Such a dichotomy refers to the fact that in the recognition we are dealing with two completely different and separate domains, i.e., the internal world (ideas, beliefs, concepts, and mentalities), and the external world (the domain of objects) that which refers to the first domain. Hegel believes that Cartesian dualism arises from a categorical mistake. He says that subjectivism is the starting point that fundamentally is wrong. Hegel argues that a genuine philosophy could overcome the dichotomy. According to Hegel, it is only by the idea of ​​"absolute" and “identity in differences” that could be possible to go out of this dualism. The role of philosophy, for him, is theorizing "about the real world”. Hegel says that these contradictions are within the "structure of consciousness." By adopting the right approach in explaining Cartesian doctrine of the mind body dualism from a phenomenological perspective, it can be possible to show the mind’s Odyssey within reality.