example please...
2006-10-25
14:42:45
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tyh_yu
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someone belive that mind is a function of brain, someone claim that mind is a behavior of brain,some other think that mind do not exist at all.
4th claim that mind is soul and totally different entity,no connection with soul....
2006-10-25
14:59:51 ·
update #1
4th claim that mind is soul in fact and totally different with brain,no connection with brain...
2006-10-25
15:04:43 ·
update #2
Well, technically, the brain controls the mind (it sends chemical messages/signals, which are then read and translated to provide the basis of the mind), but I see them as one in the same, since neither could really exist without the other (unless, of course, the brain was badly damaged or dead, but I'm referring to brains that are alive and healthy inside of its host).
The mind is just more often colloquially used when describing the personality and "spirit" of a person, while the brain is normally given the connotation of being purely physical, despite the fact that that doesn't really make all that much sense, unless you believe that the soul is separate from the brain (dualism). (Personally, I think that the soul/mind is intimately connected to the brain, meaning that I don't believe in life after death, making me a monist. But, whatever floats your boat.)
2006-10-25 15:04:08
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answered by Nanashi 3
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Ah the mind-brain connection. Do the signals that race through this computer make up the "elctronic" brain or is it the component parts? Same question in reverse and therein you have your answer.
2006-10-25 14:49:49
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answered by Sophist 7
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brain has two types of functions, voluntary and involuntary...
The voluntary is the translation of inputs received through sense organs, for use by mind to classify with pre-recorded memory data of similar inputs, and if needed , to be sent to brain to again process for further analysis. The involuntary function is maintenance and self-preservation functions, co-ordinating the functions of various organs, etc.
The instincts , impulses and habits over a period of time are channelised for 'direct execution' to the brain... addictions are classic examples, where the mind 'seems' to be a slave even of the body, since body craves for the addictive substance, and brain seeks for it through fair means or foul, not available to either logical aspect of mind or the intuitional aspect (conveniently named as 'heart, conscience, emotions, inner nature etc), for any adjudication !
In an ideal situation, these 'direct execution' commands are fed into brain only for survival purposes, or performance of a perfected technique, skill, etc.... This very process is used as a very very enhanced tool by certain masters to allow least interference by mind, almost by-passing it, to enable a person to reach deeper states of consciousness, deeper levels of perception, just by total involvement into absorbing/dissolving oneself into fast-action ! The eastern martial arts are examples of such employment !
So, in a healthy human, and in most cases (leaving out cases of insanity etc), the brain and mind are contextually interchangeable for control, and practically interdependent.
2006-10-25 15:09:48
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answered by Spiritualseeker 7
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no brain =no mind it takes two to affect a change usually advice from another or a split in the brain e.g. one hand cannot groom it self it takes two .
2006-10-25 14:57:03
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answered by dogpatch USA 7
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brain is physical part; mind is the thinking part of brain.
2006-10-25 14:46:18
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answered by prince47 7
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Prince47 (above answer) said it all.
2006-10-25 14:50:31
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answered by Apex 2
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