Mind

experience stress or trauma at some times in our lives and our minds process this in a certain way. When something frightening, shocking, sad or dangerous happens to us, our bodies and minds process the experience by having a reaction. Some people have the sensation of complete shock and are unable to understand what is occurring. Our muscles may tense or some people faint. Along with our bodies having a strong reaction to trauma, our minds are…

Drugs such as hallucinogens affects the mind by altering reality, so in that altered state of mind, one might think they have achieved some sort of nirvana. Although this state of mind is distorted, it appears to be true to the person being affected. One is only as free as they perceive to be. Certain mental disabilities also accomplish this state of being. One…

The target of Berkeley's arguments in the sections of The Principles that we read is a description of how we come to know mind-independent matter via primary and secondary qualities as John Locke described it. What is Locke's position and what are Berkeley's arguments against it? Do you find Berkeley's arguments satisfactory? Primary qualities are characteristics of objects that are set apart from the observer, or quantitative aspects of our environment. This includes things like extension,…

of it. Even when the mind is sidetracked from that thought, still one feels uneasy till that thought is effectively dealt with and finished. It becomes irritating like a grain of sand in the eye. Similarly, when one is unhappy, that sadness does not leave easily however hard one tries to get rid of it. Even by listening to inspiring discourses sadness does not go away. Many a times one consoles the mind that one should not worry about things which is not important. But the mind or intellect does…

suggestion that your mind has served up for you to do with as you will. The problem is, being unaware of the essential relationship between yourself and your mind, you react to every thought as if it were a command. Consider your thoughts for a moment. You have both negative and positive thoughts to choose from. You have negative thoughts to protect you from danger, and you have positive thoughts to bring you delight. The best way to think of this is having a negative mind that wants to avoid…

preserved. ELT631 and is necessary to survive. ELT 622. Furthermore immortality could also be described as a transcendend state of mind, which due to meditation and high concentration is able to evoke a state of escatic trance and therefore the immortality does not just means the no-death of the body but is more likely to be a state of mind. In particular a state of mind where one is more at home in the transcendence…

consciousness. The theory emphasis the role played by evidence and experience, a mainly sensory perception in idea formation. A majority of empiricists discount the innate idea. However, Locke differs with this approach. His baseline argument is that a human mind is known to operate on insights that are gained and reflection is a reference to the consciousness of such operations. The paper will discuss John Locke empiricism and critique his presentation Lockey sought to come up with empiricism…

is obvious that we have the freedom to disbelieve, thus free will. According to Descartes, the mind and body make up a human being. They are two distinct things, but they cannot be physically separated therefore they make a human being, he argues. However, the mind is affected by the body. The soul is not a principle of life. The soul moves and feels in the body directly. The pineal gland allows the mind…

product of our unconscious mind. The point of origin of volition appears to be spontaneous rather than traced to a point in mind. That is, thoughts and intentions appears in conscious as they are. Additionally, Harris states that the idea of free will is incoherent. He explains that there are two possible scenarios.…

Descartes establishes that while there is uncertainty in the way we perceive things because of our senses, the intellect can still understand the most fundamental aspects of that thing to affirm its existence. Most importantly, he concludes that his own mind is the object that can be perceived most clearly, which lays the foundation for his later arguments about the nature of God’s existence. Leading into this conclusion Descartes has trouble finding any validation in anything being true. He…