Anonymous

If you don't mind, then it doesn't matter.

Anonymous

A component.

Anonymous

In my experience the mind pretty much goes away when we anesthetize the brain. Seems to me that makes it an emergent function of the grey matter, and not an independent agent. . .

Anonymous

That is a big debate in philosophy. Dualism says mind is independent of matter. Materialism says mind is an emergent property of the brain. No one knows which is right.

Anonymous

The mind in an emergent property of the complexity of the brain.

Anonymous

The mind cannot exist without matter... but, matter can exist without a mind. (Most politicians are proof of this).

Anonymous

It is a component of matter. The mind derives from the activities of the brain and cannot exist without or independent from a brain.

Anonymous

It depends. What is your star sign?

Anonymous

BOTH. Without the electrical signals in your nervous system and brain you are DEAD. Without matter there are no nerves or or neurons and no electrical signals. Even when i was in a medically induced coma for 6 weeks i was NOT brain dead.