If the mind really is inside your brain then I don't think you would able to do any of those, at least not with current technology.I don't think you "locate" mind. Can you point to it? Extract it? Throw it around? No, then you can't "locate" it can you. — khaled
"Is consciousness located in the brain?", — Wheatley
And there is a complicated nexus of nerves near the heart. Also one near the gut. The idea that we have gut reactions (with a cognitive content) and heart values and cognitive processes are likely to be true, not just metaphors.According to Demasio, some of the ancients believed the mind was located in the chest, as the heart. — Enrique
Show me a human whose brain has been removed that is conscious. I can refer to cases where humans are conscious whilst lacking numerous organs (except the brain). Evidence matters. — I like sushi
Show me a human whose brain has been removed that is conscious. I can refer to cases where humans are conscious whilst lacking numerous organs (except the brain). Evidence matters. — I like sushi
"In other words, our mind is not simply our perception of experiences, but those experiences themselves. — Pantagruel
So when I am hammering in a nail it is in fact my brain that is doing it, not my arms, hands and hammer? — ovdtogt
"In other words, our mind is not simply our perception of experiences, but those experiences themselves. — Pantagruel
Not just the thoughts "Do this. I am doing this. I did this." The whole experience, the actions, the interactions. I think the notion "holistic" works. Like you said, the act of hammering, not reduced to an intention or a brain signal. The whole event and context.↪Pantagruel Sorry I must be thick because I just don't understand this sentence.
"In other words, our mind is not simply our perception of experiences, but those experiences themselves.
— Pantagruel — ovdtogt
Not just the thoughts "Do this. I am doing this. I did this." The whole experience, the actions, the interactions. I think the notion "holistic" works. — Pantagruel
"In other words, our mind is not simply our perception of experiences, but those experiences themselves. — Pantagruel
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