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The Mind

             In order to begin a precise investigation on the topic of the mind, we .
             must first separate from the traditional thinking that the brain and the mind .
             acts as one. We will examine the correlation between the mind and brain and see .
             how they are dissimilar. Next it will prove prudent that we define the .
             functions of the mind. Afterwards we will discuss the problem of interaction .
             between the physical and non-physical, that is to say the brain and the mind. .
             During all this we will be brought closer to an adequate understanding of the .
             mind.
             When one says the term "mind" we immediately responds with the idea of .
             the brain. It would be as if the mind and body act as one in the same. This is .
             entirely false; the two function completely opposite of each other and have .
             entirely different natures. The brain is the essence to a functional body; the .
             mind however, is the essence of what it means to be human. The mind can never .
             be pictured; it is an area within one's self where a higher level of .
             contemplation occurs. It is within this exact same area that the formation of .
             life's most intriguing questions form. The brain however is a visible object. .
             Its function is similar to that of a car engine. It runs the physical processes .
             of the body, such as movement, or producing the feeling of thirst. The human .
             brain acts in a similar way to that of its animal counterparts. As Descartes .
             put it, without the mind the human body would still operate. Our brain doesn't .
             initiate any of the activities that take occur. Instead it reacts to a stimulus .
             and takes the best measures. When we are thirsty the brain gets the message and .
             then reacts by telling the body that it needs water. This message arrives at .
             the brain only through the mind. The brain is not capable of contemplating such .
             ideas as thirst. It is the mind that takes into account the concept of thirst .
             and relates it to reaction the body receives when it drinks water and realizes .


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Descartes was the first thinker to come up with the idea that the mind and the body were different and each worked independently of each other. He hypothesized that the mind was responsible for the reasoning, emotions and knowledge which are totally separate from the physiological functioning of the rest of the body. He said that the mind and the body work independently of each other but can still interact to produce different traits in people (Stanford). His distinction of the mind from the body allowed him to describe the reason why different people have dissimilar cognitive abilities. The d...

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2. Conditioning the Mind for Excellence

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3. To Sir With Love

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5. My Greatest Dreams

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6. Mind Control

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7. The Good Mind

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8. Brain and mind

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