physico-mental

English

Etymology

From physico- +‎ mental.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɪzɪkəʊˈmɛntəl/
• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

physico-mental (not comparable)

1. Having both physical and mental aspects; involving both the body and the mind; psychosomatic.
   • 1997: Georg Meggle [ed.], ἀναλύωμεν — Analyōmen 2: Proceedings of the 2^nd Conference “Perspectives in Analytical Philosophy”, page 115 (Walter de Gruyter; →ISBN, 978-3110152579)

     Like Nagel, with his “physico-mental intimacy” and his variability of relations, Merleau-Ponty also searches for new forms of physico-mental relations. He postulates a “circular causality” as a “chiasm” between mental states and physico-mental conditions. These terms characterize physico-mental relations as forms of organization within the structures of the “lived body” such that physico-chemical and mental states appear as the interior and the exterior, the concave and the convex side of a non-visible hinge, the “lived body” (Merleau-Ponty 1968, 295).