A Platonic, singularity theory of mind. Current philosophies of mind debate whether mind and body are a dualism (mind and body) or a monism (mindbody). But these do not address the nature of mind itself. As the pragmatics of language demonstrate, Mind (first person singular) must be a singularity if we are to have a singular identity, perceiving the world from a singular point of view, and acting as a single person. It seems unlikely that such a singularity could be formed from a pluralistic brain, or pluralistic world, any more than a king could be formed from his populace.
In addition, the mind is subjective (mental, nonphysical) , while the brain and the rest of the world are objective (physical). Following along these lines, then, consciousness must be a Platonic singularity. But since we all have minds, there must be multiple singularities within this singularity, whch Leibniz calls monads. Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
