[Wittrs] Re: Mind is Brain dependent
- From: Rajasekhar Goteti <rgoteti@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:11:24 +0530 (IST)
Buddha already proved that mind is the output of brain.Even Hindu philosophy
says the mind is physical.Input and output of language depends on the
brain.Eyes look at but word recognize either the feeling of subject or utility
of the object.Knowledge functioning both inside of the head and outside that
was termed as known.thank you
sekhar
--- On Thu, 17/9/09, BruceD <blroadies@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: BruceD <blroadies@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Wittrs] Re: Mind is Brain dependent
To: wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, 17 September, 2009, 6:56 AM
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "swmaerske" <SWMirsky@...> wrote:
> I am maintaining that phenomenal consciousness,
> the experience of being a subject (having experiences) is explainable
in terms of brain dependence.
Everything turns on what sort of explanation you have mind. Explanation
of what?
For example: If you want to explain why patient A has lost his memory,
and then find evidence of brain damage, you have explained the memory
loss in terms of mind dependence. Can't imagine anyone would disagree.
> My main interest, thus, is to determine if minds can be accounted for
in physical terms.
If you mean that the patient's struggle with memory, his compensation
and fabrication, then "No", physical terms will not do.
I take it for granted (and I assume so do you) that all day long the
patients experience is simultaneous with brain activity, if brain
activity would cease, so would mind. But if we just looked at brain
activity alone, we would have no sense of what was going on with him.
His mind cannpt be accounted for in physical terms. In fact, we find out
the significance of the brain activity by matching it with the mental.
We work downward, not upward, so to speak.
Is it your contention that one day we will have mapped every single
mental event with some unique brain event and then give a full
description of mind in physical terms? Is "every single mental and brain
event" an intelligible concept?
bruce
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