Who said i think therefore i am11/12/2022 To end on my usual sort of preferred bad joke, calling the “Cogito” argument original is putting Descartes before Deshorse. Of course religious and philosophical positions are all over the place as to what qualifies as existence. To a supporter of quantum physics, it’s possible for “us” (or any separate consciousness) to exist in or out of (in this case) a brain. Biology holds that consciousness requires a nervous system, therefore to that branch of science plants can be alive, but can’t have consciousness (a “mind”, self-awareness, individuality etc.) Physics, however, does not agree and holds that states of matter and energy exist flexibly, even in time and space. There are two divergent scientific schools of thought about consciousness. The same happens with injuries like yours, though those aren’t part of the evolutionary process. We evolved lots of extra brain, because parts of it die in the natural process of aging and as a result of disease. However, there’s a tremendous amount of tissue in the human brain that is redundant. #Who said i think therefore i am skinWhen it’s gone, it’s gone, unlike bones, skin and muscles. Perhaps part of the confusion about issues regarding to what degree brains are necessary for the expression of human consciousness results from an aspect you know, Debbie, but many people don’t. Wonder what Descartes would have to say about that? They convincingly convey the belief that we are not our brains or bodies, but they exist for us to use them to express ourselves. A brain is a tool used by the mind for expression and function much like a computer.īecause of my brain injury experience, I now believe and understand this. In another video continuing the conversation, they stress that a person is not their brain any more than a person is their stomach or gall bladder. They get very complicated talking about consciousness and self and raise some interesting points. I watched the Deepak Chopra video below in which he discusses the brain and consciousness with Rudolph Tanzi, a Harvard Professor of Neurology, who GQ Magazine called a “Rock Star of Science,” and others. Instead, this other me looked at the existing me kindly which was a totally new perspective for me. #Who said i think therefore i am proThe existing me was still very critical and was a pro at the negative self-talk she had spent a lifetime perfecting. While this other me observed the impaired me squirm with empathy and understanding, she didn’t yet have any effect on the actions or feelings of the existing me. Kind of freaky, but comforting at the same time. “What part of me is observing me?” I wondered. As a matter of fact, the persona grew stronger and more clearly defined as my ego and physical self became quieter and less imposing. This entity was objectively and compassionately watching me and my life play out remaining whole and undamaged. Even though huge chunks of my personality were gone and my mental processes weren’t functioning properly, my spirit or soul or whatever you want to call it was intact and fully aware. I became strangely aware of some separate, distinct part of me observing the brain injured me and watching everything unfold. However, I did have a weird, double consciousness where I acted as both the observer of myself and the object of my observations for the first time. The Other IĪfter reading A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Ekhart Tolle in which he explains the flawed logic in the Descartes statement, I questioned how this saying could be right because my thinking was very scrambled and extremely shaky from a recent brain injury, but “I” still existed unaffected. While I am probably not an important thinker to anybody but myself, I know this to be wrong from my own experience. These views were rejected by important thinkers that followed him. The pen does not write without the ink and the ink cannot express meaning without the pen. He maintained that the mind and brain are completely separate, but dependent entities much like a fountain pen and ink. Descartes believed in a nonmaterial soul inhabiting and finding expression in a mechanically operated body. I interpret that famous quote is by Rene Descartes, the French philosopher and mathematician to mean that one cannot doubt the existence of themselves because the mere act of doubting is proof of existence.
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