What ways have we tried to divide the mind? And can they operate separately from one another? — TiredThinker
Interesting. Would you say the awake mind and the asleep mind would be separate from a mind that is separate from the body? Being awake or asleep of course are simply bodily necessities. — TiredThinker
And is it unreasonable to consider a mind that exists when the body and brain dies that makes us away or possible past lives and a world beyond this one? A mind that is too quiet in the presents of brain minds? — TiredThinker
What ways have we tried to divide the mind? — TiredThinker
Talk of the mind is concerned with the distinctive rational powers of human beings and their exercise.
Once this is clear, it becomes evident that the domain of the idiom of ‘mind’ coincides roughly not with that of the Cartesian mind – the domain of consciousness, but with that of the Aristotelian rational psuche. The Aristotelian psuche is not a kind of entity, and the question of whether the organism and its mind are one thing or two is, according to Aristotle, as absurd as the question of whether the wax and the impression on it are one thing or two. The possessor of a mind is an animal of a certain kind, namely a human being. To have a mind is not to be in possession of a kind of entity. It is rather to possess a distinctive range of powers. — Human Beings – The Mind and the Body: Wittgensteinian-Aristotelian Reflections - Peter M.S. Hacker, 2007
The Aristotelian psuche is not a kind of entity, and the question of whether the organism and its mind are one thing or two is, according to Aristotle, as absurd as the question of whether the wax and the impression on it are one thing or two. — Human Beings – The Mind and the Body: Wittgensteinian-Aristotelian Reflections - Peter M.S. Hacker, 2007
God and the universe do not add up to two, any more than my envy and my left foot constitute a pair of objects. — Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching - Terry Eagleton
What ways have we tried to divide the mind? And can they operate separately from one another? — TiredThinker
I thought ego, superego, and id are referring to one's consciousness and subconsciousness. All of them are parts of ones self. If they were independent minds, one do not have A mind in the beginning. — ltlee1
What ways have we tried to divide the mind? — TiredThinker
If any such activities trigger neural network in the language center, it would appear as stream of consciousness per William James. If not, one behaves as if he or she is an automaton. — ltlee1
Yes, in my amateur experience you can separate the mind by the stages of brain evolution. So, the reptilian mind that concentrates on safety and resources, the mammalian mind that has more emotional and empathetic functions and then the human mind that acts as an office manager and creates the illusion of a single mind during real time experiences. So, two minds and an executive function that can act in the moment. It translates the needs of the others into a human level of complex planning and attention. But lacks a separate history in the event of separation.What ways have we tried to divide the mind? And can they operate separately from one another? — TiredThinker
Yes, in my amateur experience you can separate the mind by the stages of brain evolution. So, the reptilian mind that concentrates on safety and resources, the mammalian mind that has more emotional and empathetic functions and then the human mind that acts as an office manager and creates the illusion of a single mind during real time experiences. So, two minds and an executive function that can act in the moment. It translates the needs of the others into a human level of complex planning and attention. But lacks a separate history in the event of separation. — Cheshire
In a healthy adult I think that is certainly the case. When an individual is traumatized though some of the "bridges" become difficult to access and create the experience of being separated. I agree though with your comment.the entire mind takes part in all aspects of mental life. — T Clark
And is it unreasonable to consider a mind that exists when the body and brain dies — TiredThinker
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