David and David, (bit confusing there for a minute!)
In questioning whther they can be "separated", are you actually asking if
its valid to consider them as potentially separate entities enjoying some
degree of interdependance?
The question about interdependance (or not) yields questions such as "can
mind exist without behaviour", and "can behaviour exist without mind"?
The problem is the usual one concerning definitions: what do you mean by
"mind", and what do you mean by "behaviour".
Then, can one say that the former categorically does / does not encompass
the latter? - or indeed the other way round (dp - is this more akin to the
behaviourist position?)
Under what circumstances might we be able to say that "here is an example of
mindless behaviour, or "here is an example of mind-without-behaviour"
Given that "mind is often considered as only a small part of what the brain
does (or sometimes even considered as an epiphenomenal "by-product"), and
given that behaviour might be considered as only part of what the mind does
(??), then here are reasonable grounds for some degree of separateness.
just a few thoughts,
ppl
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From: "David Prince" <deprince@bellsouth.net>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: 22 November 2000 02:11
Subject: Re: MD preintellectual awareness
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> That's pretty conclusive. Besides, you can't seriously beleive that if I
> don't act on it, then I didn't even have the thought?
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> You still "behaved" because your brain behaved. Your neurons fired. If
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> Neurons had not fired you would not have had the thought.
> -dp
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