Re: Determinism -- the brain is not enough

From: TJ Olney (market@cc.wwu.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 05:33:25 BST

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    Actually, I don't. I think it requires a larger neural structure with sense
    organs. I don't think a brain in a bottle with no external interfaces could
    manifest a mind. I remind you of some strange things like the surface of the
    intestines having a neural density about the same as the cranium.

    What this of course implies is that the complexity of the brain alone may be
    insufficient. Mind requires the complexity of an outer world interacting
    with the complexity of the body/sense organs and the brain.

    > Chris Taylor (chris@bioinf.man.ac.uk)
    >
    > Actually this is worth asking: Is there anyone on this list who doesn't
    > think that a brain composed of neurons, interacting through electrical,
    > chemical and mechanical routes only, is enough to make a mind?

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