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Started by Mari, May 04, 2008, 09:16:41 AM

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NicholeW.

Quote from: Hypatia on May 12, 2008, 07:46:03 PM
Quote from: redfish the posthuman on May 07, 2008, 05:24:07 PM
Quote from: cindybc on May 07, 2008, 04:50:54 AMThe mind resides within the brain.
Oh no, why did you have to open this can of worms? ;p

The mind/body problem really still isn't solved, even after all this time.
It's solved as far as I'm concerned. No brain=no mind. Consciousness isn't all in the mind--it's all in the brain. More--throughout the wonderfully complex neural net of the whole body, in all its cellular interactions. In a sense it's the body as a whole where consciousness resides.
Are you a dualist then?
Can you show us that mind posited as an independent entity separate from the physical nervous system is anything more than prescientific mumbo jumbo?

And I would say you haven't gone far enough, Hypatia, dear philosopher. Consciousness extends to outside the body as well.

Nichole
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Hypatia

Here's what I find about compromise--
don't do it if it hurts inside,
'cause either way you're screwed,
eventually you'll find
you may as well feel good;
you may as well have some pride

--Indigo Girls
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NicholeW.

 Field.

A field of consciousness in which we partake, but do not do so alone. The field comprises other entities as well, including some that we perceive as 'inanimate.'

N~
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