this probably belongs in the debate section but i do have question.
your mind, personality, and emotions are the detectable manifestations of your physical brain. by excising chunks of your noodle you are able to remove certain behaviors or emotions (ie. lesioning the amygdala dampens the anger response or vice versa if you stimulate it). Damage to the physical brain impairs memory or deletes acquired physical or intrinsic functions (hypothalamus - >breathing (?) and hunger). levels of neurotransmitters affect mood and behaviors and so on.
anyways…
i’ve read that for a brief moment after decapitation, there is still consciousness. plausible because the oxygen and blood supplies don’t instantly drain out. i guess things just gradually get dark.
THE QUESTION
in the event where your head explodes or is crushed…is there a brief moment of awareness? do you all of sudden just cease to exist? I ask this because for whatever reason there still exists a debate between the necessity (or lack thereof) for the brain to be around and for one to have to have a mind. ie. mind is not a product of the matter (the brain). where is the debate? in essence, how can a person have a soul? a soul that (i assume, i may very well me wrong is the person and all of his/her emotions and motivations but without the physical being. but the person all he/she is IS a product of her/his physical brain.
THE QUESTION WITHOUT ALL THE MUMBOJUMBO
for those who believe in the existence of a soul, what can possibly be your argument except blind faith and hope?
(not to be inflamatory in any way. this is a sincere question. i would like to hear the other story)
aristotle was wrong with the anima thing. so i’m allowed to ignorant
thanks if you got down this far!!!
Peppy!!!