(March 19, 2016 at 11:15 am)bennyboy Wrote:(March 18, 2016 at 9:10 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Your problem is that mental activity -- i.e., mind -- has been observed, via MRI experiments which, uh, correlate areas of the brain with specific cognitive processes.
As to value of answering "philosophical" questions about things which aren't objectively observable, if you want to count the angels dancing on the head of a pin, go right ahead. You will still need to convince me, and no doubt others, of the value of your obscure musings.
Brain activity is measured with MRI experiments. Mind is not. If you equate the two, then the question has been officially begged.
Except I didn't equate the two; my point is that MRI data supports my point, insofar as it corresponds consistently with both localized brain functions which are known to produce subjective experiences, and with the subjective reporting offered by the subjects of those scans.
We haven't even touched upon electrode-stimulation which produces entirely subjective mental events.