RE: I have a soul hence I exist.
September 16, 2010 at 11:02 pm
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2010 at 11:05 pm by The_Flying_Skeptic.)
(September 16, 2010 at 11:05 am)tackattack Wrote: This is where Micheal's arguement breaks down
"Then you gotta ask, HOW did Descartes get all the info he has to think with? How did he gain the ability TO think? Who gave him the info and ability to think? HOW did he come TO exist?"
From there I would have gone-
If thinking is the workings of the mind and the mind is solely dependant on the brain why then does identity (the very essence of the word "I") not end upon brain cessation. Could the mind actually be a compilation of inner resources (a soul , mechanics of the mind, memory, etc.) all influencing each other. If the brain ceased and the identity stayed wouldn't that prove that something external to our known materialsitc reality would house that... like a soul?
So isn't it I think therefore I Am?
Why do we not end upon brain cessation? We do end upon brain cessation e.i. brain cessation is termination of consciousness. Our identities 'live on' via memories of the people that knew us.
