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Is personal identity really just mind?

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Is personal identity really just mind?
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RE: Is personal identity really just mind?
February 1, 2016 at 4:10 pm
(January 30, 2016 at 9:49 pm)bennyboy Wrote: The "bridge" problem is this: if their are 2 unique substances, then how do they interact?
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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:

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I have recently explained why this is a straw man to you. Why do you persist? Was something unclear about hylomorphic union?
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Is personal identity really just mind? - by Pizza - January 30, 2016 at 4:57 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Pizza - January 30, 2016 at 5:21 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Cato - January 30, 2016 at 11:16 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Grandizer - January 30, 2016 at 12:57 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Grandizer - January 31, 2016 at 1:06 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Pizza - January 30, 2016 at 4:35 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by brewer - January 30, 2016 at 9:54 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Whateverist - January 30, 2016 at 8:00 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Catholic_Lady - January 30, 2016 at 10:24 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by MysticKnight - January 30, 2016 at 8:38 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Catholic_Lady - January 30, 2016 at 10:23 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Anomalocaris - January 30, 2016 at 4:40 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Pizza - January 30, 2016 at 4:45 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Pizza - January 30, 2016 at 4:42 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 30, 2016 at 6:22 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by MysticKnight - January 30, 2016 at 6:40 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 30, 2016 at 7:05 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by bennyboy - January 30, 2016 at 9:49 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 1, 2016 at 4:10 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by bennyboy - February 1, 2016 at 8:34 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 30, 2016 at 10:05 pm
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 31, 2016 at 1:30 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Grandizer - January 31, 2016 at 1:38 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by scoobysnack - January 31, 2016 at 1:39 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by CrystalKey - January 31, 2016 at 2:01 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 31, 2016 at 2:55 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by CrystalKey - February 14, 2016 at 4:25 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - February 14, 2016 at 4:40 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by CrystalKey - February 14, 2016 at 5:50 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 31, 2016 at 2:57 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by Grandizer - January 31, 2016 at 3:40 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - January 31, 2016 at 6:48 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by robvalue - February 14, 2016 at 4:27 am
RE: Is personal identity really just mind? - by ignoramus - February 14, 2016 at 6:34 am

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