The Mind and body problem is the combination of reality and the perception of reality. Descartes doubt the reality of the physical world and he doubts his own mind therefore, his mind and body problems became one of his biggest issues. The mind and body is really hard to understand, but Descartes help us to explain by giving us an example of what the problem is about. His example was if he cut of his leg, he would be affecting his physical body, but his mind would not be affected. With that Descartes example, we can understand a little bit more about his mind and body problem. Also, another question related to Descartes mind and body problem is that what is the relationship between the mind and the body? So, that is Descartes mind and body problems and how he came across the problems.
For a while he couldn’t find the answer to his doubting question, but eventually he came with an answer to one of the mind and body problems. He found that the relationship between the mind and the body is that one affects the other. He said that the mind needs the body and the body needed the mind to work properly. In that relation, the mind and body are still two separate entities. For the second part of the problem that deals with the mind and body is the perception of reality, at that part Descartes has to figure out where does reality lie. As he was thinking about the problem and keep on wondering about it, he finally came up with the solution, Cogito Ergo Sum, “I think there for I am”. As he thinks about the problem he realized that since he is using his mind to think and working it, so then he must exist and that was his reality.