(October 20, 2011 at 9:52 pm)objectivitees Wrote: my answer...He does it the same way I do,
I am Dave, an entity with a body that I Dave control, my being distinct from the body I inhabit, as evinced by the fact that I control the body, it does not control me, demonstrating that I Dave, am a spiritual being. As such, I came into existence by an act of my father Hank, making me also a Son. As a Son, I also acted, and brought into being my Son, Frank. I AM all three, Father, Son, and Spirit, one entity incorporate and known as DAVE.
Before we go further, may I ask why do you believe that your mind is not totally the product of your brain?
In order to disprove the notion that mind is not caused by the brain. Neuroscientist Steven Novella constructed six criteria to test the brain causing mind hypothesis. If just one of the these criteria aren't met, we can determine that brain does not cause mind.
Quote:1- Brain states will correlate to mental and behavioral states.
2- Brain maturity will correlate with mental and emotional maturity.
3- Changing the brain’s function (with drugs, electrical or magnetic stimulation, or other methods) will change mental function.
4- Damaging the brain with damage the mind – producing specific deficits that correlate to the area of the brain damaged.
5- There will be no documentable mental phenomena in the absence of brain function.
6- When the brain dies, mental function ends.
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