Studying the mind
The mind is first and foremost something subjective. You can’t see a mind, you can only ever be one. Assuming there is a subjective aspect to everything, does that then …
Course: What is a Mind?
What’s next
Since your body in a vegetative state would not be you, your mind is more than simply your body. Whereas the body is the objective aspect of you, the mind …
Sigmund Freud the Father of Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud is known as the father of psychoanalysis. It is therefore impossible to talk about the fundamentals of consciousness without mentioning Freud because of his seminal contribution to the …
Four defining properties of the mind
In the following six weeks we use the evidence and insights from diverse disciplines to address the question: What is a mind? This will lead to further questions such as …
Representations of the mind
We cannot see a mind, although we might imagine what a mind might look like. How have depictions of the mind resonated with your understanding of what a mind is? …
Ask Mark – Week 5 responses
Thank you to everyone who posted questions last week. I have recorded a response to four of the many interesting questions you had posed in Step 5.12 of Week 5. …
Ask Mark – Week 4 responses
Thank you to everyone who posted questions last week. I have recorded a response to four of the many interesting questions you had posed in Step 4.8 of Week 4. …
When is it confabulation?
In this week’s peer review activity I asked you to briefly describe a confabulation, and if you wished, share your assignments. A confabulation is a false account of things. The …
Ask Mark – Week 3 responses
Thank you to everyone who posted questions last week. I have recorded a response to four of the many interesting questions you had posed in Step 3.10 of Week 3. …
Ask Mark – Week 2 responses
Ask Mark responses Thank you to everyone who posted questions last week. I have recorded a response to four of the many interesting questions you posed in Step 2.13 of …
Ask Mark – Week 1 responses
Thank you to everyone who posted questions last week. I have recorded a response to four of the many interesting questions you had posed in Step 1.12 of Week 1. …
Thinking and Feeling
The distinction between thinking and feeling is absolutely fundamental to understanding the mind. In this course, I argue that feelings represent problems, needs or demands upon the mind to perform …