Why minds cannot be received, but are created by brains

Autor

  • Włodzisław Duch Department of Informatics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, and Neurocognitive Laboratory, Center for Interdisciplinary Modern Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7882-4729

Słowa kluczowe

brain, mind, consciousness, soul, neuroimaging, artificial intelligence, personal identity, dynamical forms

Abstrakt

There is no controversy in psychology or brain sciences that brains create mind and consciousness. Doubts and opinions to the contrary are quite frequently expressed in non-scientific publications. In particular the idea that conscious mind is received, rather than created by the brain, is quite often used against “materialistic” understanding of consciousness. I summarize here arguments against such position, show that neuroscience gives coherent view of mind and consciousness, and that this view is intrinsically non-materialistic.

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DUCH, Włodzisław. Why minds cannot be received, but are created by brains. Scientia et Fides [online]. 18 lipiec 2017, T. 5, nr 2, s. 171–198. [udostępniono 2.7.2025].

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