Richard Swinburne - Are Brain and Mind the Same Thing?

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For the brain and mind to be the same thing, mind must be entirely the output of brain. This means the mind must be the brain—literally, identically. If so, then the physical world is likely all that exists. But if mind and brain are not the same thing, then what? Could there be extra stuff in the physical world? Could reality go beyond the physical?

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Richard Swinburne is a Fellow of the British Academy. He is currently Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford.

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