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| - | The '''mind''' is related to the [[Self]] and is considered as responsible for one's thoughts and feelings. | + | The '''mind''' is simply what the brain does. It is related to the [[Self]] and is considered |
| - | It is an abstract concept which describes all of the brain's conscious and unconscious cognitive processes. | + | as responsible for one's thoughts and feelings. It is an abstract concept which describes all of the brain's conscious and unconscious cognitive processes. Although it does not exist as a single, unified substance, it emerges from the coordinated action of a group of agents and acts to orchestrate them in turn. In this sense, the coordinated hallucination of people is often associated with a team spirit or god, while the coordinated hallucination of neurons is associated with the personal spirit, the soul or the mind. |
| - | Although it does not exist as a single, unified substance, it emerges from the coordinated action of a group | + | |
| - | of agents and acts to orchestrate them in turn. In this sense, | + | |
| - | + | We know that everything in the physical arises from atoms. [[Gene|Genes]] shape life-forms and contain the blueprints of bodies. In the world of abstract thoughts and [[System|systems]], everything arises from ideas. [[Meme|Memes]] can shape culture and civilization, organizations and [[Community|communities]], or theories and [[Theorem|theorems]]. Together, cultural memes and biological genes shape the mind, this wonderful combination of thoughts and behavior patterns based on a universe of neural assemblies and brain chemicals. How exactly is often the question. | |
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| - | There | + | There are many theories of the mind and its function, which are the subject of Psychology and Neuroscience. The [[Society_of_Mind|society of mind]] approach tries to explain the mind as a society of agents (or CAS). |
| - | the [[Society_of_Mind|society of mind]] approach tries to | + | |
| - | explain the mind as a society of agents (or CAS). | + | |
| - | == | + | == Mind and Memes == |
| + | How many [[Meme|memes]] does a mind have? | ||
| + | What would be needed to reconstruct a mind? | ||
Can we (re-)construct minds from different | Can we (re-)construct minds from different | ||
parts or pieces ? Is there a blueprint for | parts or pieces ? Is there a blueprint for | ||
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* Wikipedia entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind Mind] | * Wikipedia entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind Mind] | ||
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[[Category:Consciousness]] | [[Category:Consciousness]] | ||