Benjamin's Questionable Cure thought experiment is intended to show that
A) mind and body are the same thing.
B) whatever the word "I" refers to, it doesn't refer to the body.
C) the mind can exist without the body.
D) the word "I" refers to the body.

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Benjamin's Questionable Cure thought experiment is used to argue that the concept of "I" or self-identity is not tied to the physical body, suggesting that what we refer to as "I" does not refer to the body itself. This is to illustrate the distinction between the mind (or self) and the physical body, challenging physicalist conceptions of identity.

Benjamin's Questionable Cure Thought Experiment Is Intended to Show That