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Decades have passed and the science community researched and were still not able to discover the biological function of the pituitary gland that was said to be the " seat of the soul". Philosophers have claimed that the pituitary gland is the habitat of the soul
Before criticizing the claim, articulate it clearly so that we understand why someone would make each a claim. In other words, present the argument of your opponent in debate, try to articulate 3 points ( around 300 words
In order for us to give our claim a true reason we must give reasons to why this claim came to be. First of all 'The Soul '. This is considered the consciousness …show more content…
When you think about this sort of statement/quote using logic our brain sends signals or messages the body but cannot actually create emotions or feelings or a conscious which is why there is something we called " the soul" and this soul is proved to be located in the pineal gland because of the all emotional experiences human beings go through. Descartes says that soul is the principle of thought, with this in mind we know that our thought comes from nothing but the brain. Since the gland is our trigger to sensation it forms all sorts of experiences which is how we show facial expressions. The brain alone cannot do all the work within the body which was told by the doctor Rick Strassman who has discovered a powerful brain chemical called DMT and when this sort of chemical is produced this causes a person to feel experiences that are mystical and illusion like sort of like dreams.This shows that everything experience is because of the soul. Going back to history there was a theory called " The Third Eye" which is referred as the pineal and correlates to the retina because of the signal transduction. Using Aristotle 's theory 'the soul is the mind of the body; we can discover the fact that our soul is our main operator that lets everything throughout the body function. Also St. Thomas …show more content…
Philosophers have claimed that the pituitary gland is the habitat of the soul
Before criticizing the claim, articulate it clearly so that we understand why someone would make each a claim. In other words, present the argument of your opponent in debate, try to articulate 3 points ( around 300 words
In order for us to give our claim a true reason we must give reasons to why this claim came to be. First of all 'The Soul '. This is considered the consciousness of a human individual which forms ones human nature.The pituitary gland which is a pea-sized conical mass of tissue located in the third ventricle of the brain. Most teachings define soul as something that connects to your own heart and body but that is not technically true. According to Dr. Rick Strassman, M.D., author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule, who researched the pineal gland suggested that this gland is source of a powerful brain chemical called DMT (Di-Methyl Tryptamine) which causes a person into a psychedelic and mystical experience. Many people commonly understand that the soul is what gives them life and energy but the thing is that what makes your capable of moving and actually function? That is the brain, the brain is what controls the body and mind, one cannot simply control themselves with just a body. There has to be a main source which has to be the pituitary gland that causes brain to feel conscious and helps it create experiences. This claim was always claimed back in the third century BC by a