Is there any specific reason you're asking? — Echarmion
What would it occupy if not a space? — Isaac
I was just trying to find an argument in favour of the mind's physical nature. My reasoning was:
1. Everything that exists occupies a space.
2. The mind exists.
3. The mind occupies a space. — Daniel
You made me think of another question: is everything that occupies a space of a material (physical?)* nature?
*some particles are said to be massless but still physical... they interact with mass and must occupy a space (right?). Mind could be massless but physical nonetheless. — Daniel
Could you give an example of a property of space other than the mind? — Daniel
Now, if you think the mind occupies a space, what would you say its limit is? — Daniel
I am asking this because it seems that everything that occupies a space is limited (i.e., it has a shape/form/limit). — Daniel
1. Everything that exists occupies a space. — Daniel
Not sure. Maybe a mind is the space that a brain occupies. — bert1
1. Everything that exists occupies a space.
— Daniel
Where do you get this idea from?
What do you mean by 'exist'? What do you mean by 'space'?
Does mathematics 'exist'? Does phase space 'exist'? — A Seagull
Something either exists or does not, no matter the state in which it exists. — Daniel
What about things that do not fit into either of the categories 'exist' or 'not exist'. — A Seagull
how does that work? — Enai De A Lukal
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