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Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind, mental events, mental functions, mental properties, consciousness, and their relationship to the physical body, particularly the brain.
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Will we ever have an answer?
We don't know how or why the Universe is the way it is. If you accept mainstream science, then life on Earth seems to have evolved more or less by accident, with humans evolving from earlier animals. …
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Do unicorns exist in the mind?
There is reasonable evidence that there are relatively dense, animated collections of molecules, light from which, upon entering your eyes, triggers chemical effects which propagate into your brain to …
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Are self-awareness and introspection the same?
The two words overlap but have different centres. Self-awareness can be a passive quality or an unexercised ability. I can be aware of different aspects of myself without having to make a conscious ef …
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Is the mind infinite?
You suggestion is silly. You are assuming that minds are 'infinite' because you claim the expression of a single idea requires an infinite number of words, which is plainly wrong. I don't need an infi …
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If one has a tendency to self doubt, how does one know if their next doubt is genuine or a f...
There is no absolute standard for determining whether doubt is justified, so it is impossible to answer your question with a black and white answer. Some degree of doubt in a given set of circumstance …
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Are our emotions underpinned by reasons or is it the other way around?
You are looking for a black and white answer when there is no reason to suppose one exists. It is rather like asking whether successful politicians pick policies that appeal to people, or whether peop …
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Question about problems of universals
The general triangle cannot be drawn because it is not a single shape; it is a shorthand way of referring to the common characteristics of triangles as a class of shapes. When we say the general trian …
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Does anesthesia disprove solipsisim?
You are missing the point. If I believed in sophism (I don't) I could simply say that all of the other people in the hospital, including the anaesthetist, are figments of my imagination. You could arg …
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Solipsism and other minds
No, it does not worry me, because it is a theoretical speculation that I do not find even remotely credible (and by remote I mean remote as in the far side of the Universe). Solipsism is interesting t …
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Can we prove the statement "truth exists"?
Why would you expect or want to prove it in the way that you mean? Truth is a word, so you would expect to define it, not to prove it. What truth, the word, refers to is a matter of usage and conventi …
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When will a Philosopher stop asking questions?
According to a hardcopy I furtively glimpsed when summoned to headquarters for a formal reprimand, the plan is to stop when all the answers have been found. I understand no target date has yet been se …
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Can individuality be copied?
Let's rule out 1), because whether the machine is possible or not is a matter of speculation, so we might as well adopt the speculation that allows us to consider the rest of the question.
Option 2) s …
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What is existence?
I cannot help you with references, but I suspect you will have to tighten up your definition of encounter, because it can mean to meet with abstract things, like encountering a problem. I also think t …
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Could there be higher level emergent phenomena from more complex systems with properties dif...
Since we do not yet have a widely accepted explanation of consciousness, it would be foolhardy of anyone to make hard and fast claims about whether other properties akin to consciousness might emerge …
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How is the term "existence" even defined for things other than your subjective experience?
The common sense answer is that in your mind you create a model of the world around you based on input from your senses. The external world is the set of things that your senses are detecting. Clearly …
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