Mind

The keyword Mind is tagged in the following 3 articles.

Implications of the Split Brain: A Consideration of Nagel

September 24, 2010 - 1555 words | Philosophy » Consciousness

In his article “Brain Bisection and the Unity of Consciousness,” Thomas Nagel suggests that the ordinary conception of a unified Mind is misled. To support his claim, he turns to data concerning patients whose corpus callosum has been severed. Because the... Read Article »

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Consciousness Split Brain Neuroscience Cognitive Science Psychology Brain Mind Perception

Property Dualism & Physicalism: Unclenching the Soldier's Fist

August 31, 2010 - 2411 words | Philosophy » Dualism

From the time of the ancient Greek philosophers to modern contemporaries, the Mind-body problem has been perpetually debated. With neuroscientific evidence in Mind, traditional Cartesian dualism, which establishes that mental and physical substances are fundamentally... Read Article »

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Dualism Property Dualism Physicalism Philosophy Of Mind

The Lockean Memory Theory of Personal Identity: Definition, Objection, Response

August 9, 2010 - 1934 words | Philosophy » John Locke

For centuries philosophers have struggled to define personal identity. In his 1690 work An Essay on Human Understanding, John Locke proposes that one's personal identity extends only so far as their own consciousness. The connection between consciousness and memory... Read Article »

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Philosophy Memory Theory Bundle Theory John Locke Philosophy Of Mind Cognitive Science