http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/58/the-mysterious-connection-between-your-mind-and-your-brain/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:28:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/58/the-mysterious-connection-between-your-mind-and-your-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-3470 Blingsight and Betting: An Experiment by Persaud, McLeod and Cowey | PokerMoments Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:00:47 +0000 http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/58/the-mysterious-connection-between-your-mind-and-your-brain/#comment-3470 [...] to solve (see e.g. Thomas Nagel or Colin McGinn or David Chalmers or John Searle).  In short, the mind-body problem is the problem of understanding how conscious mental states are related to the....  These philosophers wonder about  questions such as these:  How does phenomenal consciousness, [...] [...] to solve (see e.g. Thomas Nagel or Colin McGinn or David Chalmers or John Searle).  In short, the mind-body problem is the problem of understanding how conscious mental states are related to the….  These philosophers wonder about  questions such as these:  How does phenomenal consciousness, [...]

]]> http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/58/the-mysterious-connection-between-your-mind-and-your-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 Plato Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:14:56 +0000 http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/58/the-mysterious-connection-between-your-mind-and-your-brain/#comment-1088 I think you're correct that there is no need to posit an immaterial soul. I tend to believe in the "completeness of physics". However, the issue is whether the feeling of pain or the felt quality of any experience can be explained in scientific, physical terminology. Many philosophers, myself sometimes included, believe that the felt quality of experience is dependent on what goes on in the brain, but that this feature of experience isn't physical (see how I define "physical"), and thus we have no understanding of this dependence relationship. Note that this view does not endorse any soul. I think you’re correct that there is no need to posit an immaterial soul. I tend to believe in the “completeness of physics”. However, the issue is whether the feeling of pain or the felt quality of any experience can be explained in scientific, physical terminology. Many philosophers, myself sometimes included, believe that the felt quality of experience is dependent on what goes on in the brain, but that this feature of experience isn’t physical (see how I define “physical”), and thus we have no understanding of this dependence relationship. Note that this view does not endorse any soul.

]]> http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/58/the-mysterious-connection-between-your-mind-and-your-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-800 alexacto Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:16:13 +0000 http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/58/the-mysterious-connection-between-your-mind-and-your-brain/#comment-800 The electro-chemical signal excites the neuron in the pain center that in turn excites the neuron in the frontal cortex that in turn sends a signal to the one that is in charge of moving and grimacing and all that. Where is the soul in that? It's all physical and thanks to MRI and such, you can actually see all of it nowadays. The electro-chemical signal excites the neuron in the pain center that in turn excites the neuron in the frontal cortex that in turn sends a signal to the one that is in charge of moving and grimacing and all that. Where is the soul in that? It’s all physical and thanks to MRI and such, you can actually see all of it nowadays.

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