Peter Holmes wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 11:26 am
What and where is the mind, and in what way does it exist?
If the mind is a physical thing, what evidence is there for its existence?
If the mind is a non-physical thing, what evidence is there for its existence? How can a non-physical cause have a physical effect? How can a physical effect be evidence for a non-physical cause? What is the causal mechanism?
Oh dear. 'Of course the mind exists 'as real'. But. Erm. Oh dear.'
We are not referring to Descartes' body-mind dualism.
A FSK-ed mind which is real exists as grounded upon the brain and also the body.
If there is no FSK-ed brain, there is no FSK-ed mind, but the mind is not 100% brain anatomically.
A dead corpse has a brain but no mind.
A living person has a brain and being a live brain enables an emerging mind driven by 13.7 billions of forces and evolutionary elements.
All human mental activities are not from a brain itself but from the mind that is driven by
living forces upon a highly evolved physical brain.
To be precise, if there is no mind, but a mere anatomical brain [in a corpse or a person in coma], a person will not be able to be conscious and do things like writing a book, composing songs & poetry, arts, sports, be
moral competent, etc.