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Neurophilosophy is an approach to philosophy that uses the methodological techniques and empirically driven results of neuroscience to answer philosophical problems. Central to neurophilosophy are questions regarding the true nature of the brain and its relation to the mind.
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Can substance dualism (Cartesian) account for split consciousness?
The substance dualists whom I have read address this question do so by denying that there are two selves. This argument relies upon several points:
1) The family of the split brain patients, as well …
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Thought experiment: The distorted brain in a vat
This question, or at least one very like it, was one of the discussion chapters in The Minds I, by Dennett and Hofstadter. https://www.amazon.com/Minds-Fantasies-Reflections-Self-Soul/dp/0465030912 Th …
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Is the pleasure of drugs better than long term achievements?
The short answer is that epicureanism -- I.E. the pursuit of pleasures and avoidance of pains, is only a first approximation of what truly motivates us. We humans are further motivated by social inte …
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Can the Chinese room argument be used to make a case for dualism?
The short answer is that a defense of dualism is not what John Searle was doing with the thought problem. He was showing how knowledge is different from function -- IE it was an attack on functionalis …
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Is quantum mechanics relevant/irrelevant to explain conscious processes?
The paper you cited focused on macro-scale quantum coherence, although it discusses several other quantum theories of conscious interaction. The decoherence cited at the macro level is targeted agains …
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Can science prove or provide evidence that the brain is the source of the mind
I have found a variety of references that cite significant evidences on both sides of this question. These demonstrate that this is a question for science, and there is a debate raging.
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Is there any evidence to suggest that our conciousness regularly replaces itself?
The evidence for discontinuity of conscious would come from introspection. One notable empiricist, David Hume, considered consciousness and selfhood to be the thoughts in our heads. And those though …
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Are neural correlates of consciousness and immortal souls compatible?
Here is a link that lists multiple neuroscientists who were dualists:
https://mindmatters.ai/2020/02/pioneer-neuroscientists-believed-the-mind-is-more-than-the-brain/
This list includes multiple Nobel …
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Is the experience of love evidence that we are more than bodies and brain chemistry?
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You are misunderstanding the purpose of the dialog. It is in context of a conflict between worldviews. All worldviews are self-reinforcing memeplexes, which are intrinsically stable because …
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