How do you see the mind-body problem?

I’ve identified 8 schools of thought, and developed this handy textual flowchart to guide you to deciding which to identify with! Just answer the questions according to your intuition and follow the numbers.

1. Is there any hope of ever understanding consciousness scientifically? If yes, go to 5. If no, go to 2.
2. Could a conscious mind exist without any physical embodiment (bored though it may be)? If yes, go to 7. If no, go to 3.
3. Is there any place for a high-level theory of mental states? If yes, then your school of thought is Strong Emergentism. If no, go to 4.
4. Is there nothing more to a mental state than a behavioral disposition? If yes, then your school of thought is Logical Behaviorism. If no, then your school of thought is Scientific Behaviorism.
5. Are “qualia” meaningful - experiences like “yellow-ness” - and are they physically irreducible? If yes, then your school of thought is Weak Emergentism. If no, go to 6.
6. Is there any place for a high-level theory of mental states (that may apply across different brains, or even different species)? If yes, your school of thought is Functionalism. If no, your school of thought is Identity Theory.
7. Could the behavior of a conscious being theoretically be predicted by physics? If yes, then your school of thought is Epiphenomenalism. If no, then your school of thought is Cartesian Dualism.

If you’re not sure what your result means, just Google it, perhaps with the added phrase “philosophy of mind”. If you’re not happy with your result, or with the questions, please leave me a comment below, and I’ll see if I can fix it. Thanks!