PHLB81H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Freudian Slip, Ikea, Big Questions
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Week 1 lecture #1: tuesday september 06, 2016. Mind, thought, control centre of the human body, consciousness, sth that chooses/makes choices, the soul, willpower, perception, cognition, sth that makes us unique, behaviour, brain. Properties of the mind: hurts/sadness/happiness, can"t be shown , non-physical, infinite (always thinking) Not a physical object, sth spiritual, sth mental. But at the same time we all have a mind, even tho it"s not a physical thing. Not all physical things have minds (chair, table) Maybe we (humans) don"t have minds and we just think that we do. Explain how we are conscious in physical terms. We know we have minds ourselves, but don"t know if others have minds. Minds are personal and private, assessable to their owners. Know about our own emotions, feelings and etc. When under the influence/drunk, don"t know about our own minds. When dreaming, don"t know about our minds. Easy at first to figure out the properties of our own minds.
