Discussion - Mind and Metaphysical Reality
Details
Thinkers and Drinkers. The topic this week is Mind and Metaphysical Reality. We’ll meet at one of the tables at Verboten North Brewpub. I’ll put a small (Space Force) flag on the table so you know where to go. Verboten has great beer and food as well. Some questions to ponder before the meeting:
- What is mind?
- What is mind composed of?
- Is the mind physical or non-physical or some other category?
- Is the mind the brain?
- Do animals have minds?
- Is consciousness required for minds?
- Does the world exist independently of minds?
- Does the mind shape reality?
- Is reality mental or physical or something else?
- What does it mean to say something is mental? Physical? Neither?
- Is the mind dependent on physical bodies (or physical brains) or physical entities? Can the mind exist independently of a body?
- If the mind is non-physical and the body is physical, or vice versa, how do they interact? (The classic mind-body problem.)