rage Campbell carefully reviews the range of activities which the mind oversees as a way of preparing the reader for the difficulty of establishing a theory which synthesizes all of these disparate strains. One of his first acts of original summation is to pronounce that the mind possesses four overlapping families of items, "the families of thinking, acting, feeling, and character" (4). Here Campbell validates his in-depth style of analysis by illustrating that without careful analysis of all aspects of the Mind-Body problem, inclusive of its contradictions, discrepancies, and not fully explored areas of inquiry, there can be no valid conclusions drawn.
The second section, "Assumptions Involved in the Mind-Body Problem", in the first chapter continues Campbell's meticulous approach to the subject. Here the straight-forward nature of his concerns provides strong illumination for the material to follow. Campbell raises four areas of assumptions which will prove to be problematic for those investigating the Mind-Body problem. These possible points of content
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