Mind / Brain

[Whateverist]

And whateverist, I don't know what to make of your objection regarding animal consciousness other than that it's a red herring. Unless you can demonstrate that physical processes are the cause of any similar phenomenon in animals, pointing out more (hypothetical) examples of consciousness adds nothing. (And asking what the alternative explanation is or might be is an argument from ignorance and cuts no ice.)

I don't claim to have offered any evidence for thinking that mind processes arise from brains but I still think it is very reasonable to assume, as I suspect you do too. After all anyone who wishes to challenge my assumption that other people have subjective experience as robust as their own can make all the same objections. I can no more prove to them the existence of other minds than I can prove to you that the brain is the source of the mind. But I feel just as confident on both topics. The lack of evidence doesn't seem worrisome in either case.

And I'm quite familiar with much of the neuroscientific evidence, thank you very much.

I have no doubt. But even with my lesser familiarity with that body of evidence I think I am entitled to refer to it. Surely you did not purchase the franchise?