The brain is obviously physical, but what about the mind? It seems like it shouldn't be, but maybe we're just looking at the idea od physical wrong.
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- What does 'physical' mean?
- P1: 'physical' means 'spatial'
- I.e., extended in space; has a volume
- O1: photons are physical, but not spatial
- P2: 'physical' means 'material'
- I.e., made out of matter
- O1: energy is physical, but not material
- P3: 'physical' means 'describable and explainable using the concepts of physics'
- P1: 'physical' means 'spatial'
- What does 'mental' mean?
- P1: 'mental' means 'describable and explainable using the concepts of psychology'
- Argument for why the mental can't be physical
- Physical things are describable and explainable using the concepts of physics
- Mental things are describable and explainable using the concepts of psychology
- So, mental things are not physical things
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- O1: the same thing can be described and explained in different ways given the purpose of the scientist
- S1: biologists and physicists explain and describe the same thing using their own sciences
- N1: this only proves the mental and physical are not necessarily mutually exclusive, not that the mental is physical
- O2: four-term fallacy
- O1: the same thing can be described and explained in different ways given the purpose of the scientist