The mind is where thoughts live, so when a thought is successfully translated from some immaterial realm inside one's head to some sort of existence that is tangible, and physical, isn't that the mind occupying a space? — oni
The wind is not 'material' nor does it have a shape nor a fixed location but it is definately physical and interacts with matter. — Asif
(love your name btw, not sure why but it brings me great joy whenever I see it) — Outlander
but that is subjective — Outlander
The problem is that words like 'something' and 'exist' have such a wide varity of meanings that to claim that a particular thing exists will depend on ones subjective interpretation of the words. Of course with some statements of that form one might achieve a level of consensus but that is not objectivity.it doesn't make a whole great deal of sense to say something can both exist and not exist. — Outlander
Come on A Seagull, help me out lol. — Outlander
Are limits not meant to be broken or at least the reaching of them made tolerable? — Outlander
That seems to be asking whether or not the mind is material. — Echarmion
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