I disagree with Descartes’ where he argues that we are made out of two different substances, he goes on to demonstrate that 1. The body has property A and 2. The mind has property non – A. We are one a whole mind and body together. If we had the ability to transplant a brain (mind) to a different body then I would agree that they are two different substances, would this thinking organ be the same in a different body that knows.
I have to agree with being purely physical beings because the brain cannot function without the body or vice versa.
Consciousness is to be able to think, to be able to write this blog, one cannot work without the other. Consciousness to me is real time.
I take it you mean that 'the mind cannot function without the brain'. The role of the brain, then, as the physical organ that controls mental life, is vital.
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