06-17-2010, 12:00 AM
I am taking a class at the moment called the Philosophy of Mind. There is lots of talk about it...and being a neuroscientist I deal with BRAINS every day. Where is the mind? We can have lots of discussions about mind, consciousness, and transcendence but what are we transcending? More importantly...why? I have developed a hypothesis and Im gonna flop it here and see who steps on it...
Much like in the dark ages when disease was thought to be caused by demons who invade the body the mind has been deified as something other or "higher" than the body. My hypothesis: The mind is an artificial construct which is really just brain function. Our mind is no more than neural activity.
This is a new thought for me. Not terribly sexy is it? Anyone want to discuss/debate?
Much like in the dark ages when disease was thought to be caused by demons who invade the body the mind has been deified as something other or "higher" than the body. My hypothesis: The mind is an artificial construct which is really just brain function. Our mind is no more than neural activity.
This is a new thought for me. Not terribly sexy is it? Anyone want to discuss/debate?