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You've got that exactly backwards. For the longest time it was not even known that the mind inhabited the brain. We've only known about the biology of the brai
by igravious 13y ago
You've got that exactly backwards.
For the longest time it was not even known that the mind inhabited the brain. We've only known about the biology of the brain beginning with cell theory and onwards. Yet we have an entire vocabulary relating to mental states receding so far into the distant past that we don't know how far back language predates using language to speak about mental states. When you really think about it neuro-biology is very recent and still nascent, we've been thinking about thinking for a long long time.
- debt 13y agoThinking about thinking but not finding empirical evidence to validate that thinking. There's no science regarding the mind. Nor is there science distinguishing between consciousness and unconscious thought.
- sizzle 13y ago"Consciousness is data. [...] The data of consciousness--the way things seem to me right now--are data too. I am having a certain sensation of red with a certain shape right now. I am hearing a certain quality in the tone of my voice and so on. This is undeniable as the objective data in the world of science. And science ought to be dealing with that." David Chalmers excerpt- Conversations on Consciousness by Susan Blackmore.
- sizzle 13y agoyup, mind-body problem is a fascinating topic I've had the pleasure of reading into.