RE: Is personal identity really just mind?
January 30, 2016 at 9:49 pm
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2016 at 9:50 pm by bennyboy.)
The "bridge" problem is this: if their are 2 unique substances, then how do they interact?
Let's say I have a brain and a mind, and they are unique. How does the brain let the mind know what's happening, and how does the mind influence the brain? There needs to be a mediating mechanism: substance "brainmind." But what would a bridge between 2 so totally different substances consist of? The soul? Nah. . . in what way would that have roots in either the mind OR the body ?
Nope. The dualist position requires God, He Who Make Possible What Is Impossible. Now things are easy:
Let's say I have a brain and a mind, and they are unique. How does the brain let the mind know what's happening, and how does the mind influence the brain? There needs to be a mediating mechanism: substance "brainmind." But what would a bridge between 2 so totally different substances consist of? The soul? Nah. . . in what way would that have roots in either the mind OR the body ?
Nope. The dualist position requires God, He Who Make Possible What Is Impossible. Now things are easy: