Mind = Brain?

[Purple Rabbit]

Then we are using 'mind' in reference to our ability to think?

In which case i think it to be interesting that Mr. fr0d0 thinks that a 'spirit' can have a mind without having a brain A mind is based upon a brain (or equivalent)... does a spirit have a brain, fr0d0? Or are you considering the 'soul' to be exactly what a 'mind' is, fr0d0?

I've said what I think the mind is. It's a product of the brain. I think your spirit is also your soul. It's a gutteral instinct. Something uncontrollable, yet access is facilitated by conscious thought. You think right, your are in harmony with your gut. You think wrong, your gut is twisted. Comprendez?

Is it that homonculus thing again?? The part were free will necessarily resides? Where is the free will fr0d0, is it in the mind or in the soul?

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Do you think Mind = Brain, or do you believe in mind separate from brain in some way?

Though I voted yes in the poll, I think the statement is not accurate. The brain is where the mind comes together. However, the total human body contributes to thought processes in the brain. The term thought processes also seems to leave out emotional feelings that clearly can have an origin outside the brain but in the human body and leave a mark on our thought. Antonio Damasio has formulated the so called somatic markers hypothesis to describe this.