04 Mar 05
Originally posted by eagles54I don't think it's located anywhere. But it depends on stuff (the brain) that is located inside our heads.
What is the nature of the human mind? What are its defining characteristics? Where is it located?
Subjectivity, or explicitness, is one defining feature, and one that can't be reduced conceptually to any objective feature, abstract or concrete.
04 Mar 05
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Originally posted by eagles54Merriam-Webster suggests this definition for mind.
What is the nature of the human mind? What are its defining characteristics? Where is it located?
a : the element or complex of elements in an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills, and especially reasons b : the conscious mental events and capabilities in an organism c : the organized conscious and unconscious adaptive mental activity of an organism.
So the mind is everything that goes on mentally, it seems, from working out a math problem to crying at a funeral. In short, the mind is our invisible existence. And so, being invisible and having such a range of ability it can have no specific location. I have other ideas about the mind and it's counterparts, but sinse one of those counterparts is the spirit, I cannot speak of them in fear that the Man will stomp me down.
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04 Mar 05
Originally posted by thesonofsaulI'll help. It's a part of your soul. Which will possibly go to heaven if you believe in that spiritual stuff...
... but sinse one of those counterparts is the spirit, I cannot speak of them in fear that the Man will stomp me down...
I do...
But if you don't please don't be offended or anything...
04 Mar 05
Originally posted by ChessNutHow dare you speak your mind! Such rabblerousing is not allowed! Get thee to your assigned place and be quiet! Perhaps there should be a seperate forum just for you?
I'll help. It's a part of your soul. Which will possibly go to heaven if you believe in that spiritual stuff...
I do...
But if you don't please don't be offended or anything...
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04 Mar 05
Originally posted by thesonofsaulHow can it be both an 'element' of sorts yet have no specific location? If it is an entity it should be able to be pinpointed.
Merriam-Webster suggests this definition for mind.
a : the element or complex of elements in an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills, and especially reasons b : the conscious mental events and capabilities in an organism c : the organized conscious and unconscious adaptive mental activity of an organism.
So the mind is everything that ...[text shortened]... ts is the spirit, I cannot speak of them in fear that the Man will stomp me down.
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Aren't mental functions like problem solving or crying more like aspects of what the mind exhibits and not the actual mind itself?
04 Mar 05
Originally posted by eagles54Being an element merely suggests being a part of something. It does not suggest physicality. Ideas do not occupy space, at least not as our bodies do.
How can it be both an 'element' of sorts yet have no specific location? If it is an entity it should be able to be pinpointed.
Aren't mental functions like problem solving or crying more like aspects of what the mind exhibits and not the actual mind itself?
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04 Mar 05
Originally posted by thesonofsaulSooo sorry. But how wonderful, a forum just for me?! But how can we save the unbelievers if we only have ourselves to argue with? 😉
How dare you speak your mind! Such rabblerousing is not allowed! Get thee to your assigned place and be quiet! Perhaps there should be a seperate forum just for you?
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04 Mar 05
Originally posted by ChessNutGood question. I would further submit that the expression "losing one's mind" is also inaccurate. Rather I think it just goes down a different path than the one which has been dominant.
If it is not tangible.. how does one lose it?
By the way, its probably pretty obvious by now I am totally talking out of my a$$ but I think there might be a point I'm trying to make somewhere.
04 Mar 05
Originally posted by thesonofsaulSo if an element is part of something, does that means that the mind is not complete in itself? I'm not trying to badger but to understand.
Being an element merely suggests being a part of something. It does not suggest physicality. Ideas do not occupy space, at least not as our bodies do.
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Also, what are mental fabrications (problem-solving, crying, for instance) in relation to mind? Are they mind itself or perhaps its projections?
04 Mar 05
Originally posted by Joe FistAs your mind is pudding you shouldn't be to worried about losing it.
Good question. I would further submit that the expression "losing one's mind" is also inaccurate. Rather I think it just goes down a different path than the one which has been dominant.
By the way, its probably pretty obvious by now I am totally talking out of my a$$ but I think there might be a point I'm trying to make somewhere.
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