The mind
It seems to me that, with the exception of neuroscientists, people have little interest in the workings of the brain.
But they show much interest in their minds:
- “I’ve got something on my mind.”
- “I’ve changed my mind.”
- “I always speak my mind.”
- “It’s mind over matter.”
- “Make up your mind.”
- “Apologies for my absent-mindedness.”
We will never truly know what the mind is or how it works, because it’s not an it.
The mind–body problem — the challenge of explaining the relation between mind and matter — has fascinated philosophers from René Decartes onwards, and will continue to do so.
In this set of slides I aim to show how mind (thinking) and body (action) are united by the heart.
What I’m presenting is, of course, just a working hypothesis and can never be anything more.
View the Wikipedia entry for Mind
View the Brittanica entry for Philosophy of mind
Index to entire site
Search the site
Not case sensitive. Do not to hit return.
