The Question: Are the Mind and Body Separate?
My Answer: I believe that the mind and body are separate from each other. The body is physical and the mind is non-physical/empirical.
The mind consists of your conscious and unconscious thoughts, emotions, memories and experiences. All of these things are separate from the body because they do not effect your body physically. These things can not be measured, controlled, or predicted by others visibly. The only way anyone can know these things about you is if you tell them. Even doctors and scientist can not be accessible to that part of someone unless they ask questions.
The body is clearly physical and can be measured, controlled, or predicted by others visibly. Any one can touch some one's body and they will feel it physically, unlike the mind.
Counterargument: Some may say, "but the mind and body do interact with each other." I would say that mind and body don't interact with each other. I would say that the brain and body interact with each other. Some ones thoughts, emotions, memories, and experiences do not physically control the body like the brain does. Some one might argue that those things that constitutes your mind may make you happy or sad and would cause you to cry which would then be a physical reaction from your body. I would argue that it's not the actual mind thats making you cry, it's the person that retrieved the sad thoughts, experiences, emotions, or memories from the mind that is allowing them selves to cry.
Recapped Conclusion: The Mind and Body are Separate ;) !
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1 comment:
I agree with you on the fact that the mind and body are some what seperate. And that the mind is non-phsycal. Your blog brought on another way of looking at it that was interesting to me. Nice blog...
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