The theory of Functionalism, the thought that the mind is not identical to the brain, but it is the way the brain functions. For example, information that is convoluted and is within something else is the mind; the thing it is in is the brain, no matter what it is in (if the mind was made up of something other than the brain). The idea behind this theory is that the mind is just the way the brain is usefully arranged. Conceivably the mind can be placed into, downloaded, or passed on to another brain and still function like it once did because the mind is to the brain (mind = brain program), and the mind is not the brain. To believe in functionalism and think of what it is like to be in a mental state, it is to not be in a brain state. To
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Because I believe that our memories and thought process can be stored in any aspect as long as it has the same functional systematization as the brain, the Soul Theory is the only way to identify a person logically. The same way the brain is separate from the mind, that’s the same way the body is separate from the souls. The body can die, brain as well, but the soul can the mind can live on. I believe the soul and mind are one and the same. It explains why it can survive in something else as long as it functions like what previously held …show more content…
Why? Because I don’t think that just someone’s memories defines them or makes them different from another. For instance if I were to get in a car accident and lose my memories, and the memory loss is permit. If the Memory Theory is true the person I once was I am no longer because I can’t remember who I once was. But even though I can’t remember my past that doesn’t change who I am. The Thought Probe Were You Ever a Fetus, shows us how the Memory Theory has holes and how it’s hard to believe. The Thought Probe says how John Locke thinks our identity extends only as far as we can remember or as far our memories go. But our memories only go back to the age of one or two, because before then our brains or mind was not developed enough to store memories. So we were never a fetus. We all know that we came into existence from a fetus, but we were fetus. Now how can the Memory Theory be true? It’s a hard theory to accept because of what we know is actually true. Plus memories made us who we are, because some of us share memories wouldn’t that make us the same
Because I believe that our memories and thought process can be stored in any aspect as long as it has the same functional systematization as the brain, the Soul Theory is the only way to identify a person logically. The same way the brain is separate from the mind, that’s the same way the body is separate from the souls. The body can die, brain as well, but the soul can the mind can live on. I believe the soul and mind are one and the same. It explains why it can survive in something else as long as it functions like what previously held …show more content…
Why? Because I don’t think that just someone’s memories defines them or makes them different from another. For instance if I were to get in a car accident and lose my memories, and the memory loss is permit. If the Memory Theory is true the person I once was I am no longer because I can’t remember who I once was. But even though I can’t remember my past that doesn’t change who I am. The Thought Probe Were You Ever a Fetus, shows us how the Memory Theory has holes and how it’s hard to believe. The Thought Probe says how John Locke thinks our identity extends only as far as we can remember or as far our memories go. But our memories only go back to the age of one or two, because before then our brains or mind was not developed enough to store memories. So we were never a fetus. We all know that we came into existence from a fetus, but we were fetus. Now how can the Memory Theory be true? It’s a hard theory to accept because of what we know is actually true. Plus memories made us who we are, because some of us share memories wouldn’t that make us the same