Phenomenological theory of mind based on simple concepts related to human cognition is introduced. Basic concepts of this theory are directly related to neurophysiological events in the brain and may also be extended to explain higher cognitive functions realized by the mind. This theory on the one hand solves fundamental problems in cognitive sciences, explaining puzzling behavior of human con...

Physics is so successful today in understanding the nature of matter. What can it say about mind ? Is it possible to have a unified theory of matter and mind within the framework of modern science ? Is Consciousness an accident or is it a natural consequence of laws of nature ? Are these laws of nature the same as the laws of physics ? We make an attempt here to unify mind with matter based on ...

Conscious experience is fluid; it rarely remains on one topic for an extended period without deviation. Its dynamic nature is illustrated by the experience of mind wandering, in which attention switches from a current task to unrelated thoughts and feelings. Studies exploring the phenomenology of mind wandering highlight the importance of its content and relation to meta-cognition in determinin...

Moral issues arise not only when neural technology directly influences and affects people’s lives, but also the impact of its interventions indirectly conceptualizes mind in new, unexpected ways. It is case that theories consciousness, subjectivity, third person perspective on brain provide rival perspectives addressing mind. Through a review these three main approaches to mind, particularly as...

Clark and Chalmers (1998) defend the hypothesis of an ‘Extended Mind’, maintaining that beliefs and other paradigmatic mental states can be implemented outside the central nervous system or body. Aspects of the problem of ‘language acquisition’ are considered in the light of the extended mind hypothesis. Rather than ‘language’ as typically understood, the object of study is something called ‘ut...

People sometimes perceive a mind in inorganic entities like robots. Psychological research has shown that mind perception correlates with moral judgments and that immoral behaviors (i.e., intentional harm) facilitate mind perception toward otherwise mindless victims. We conducted a vignette experiment (N = 129; Mage = 21.8 ± 6.0 years) concerning human-robot interactions and extended previous r...

We propose that the discussions about “where the mind is” depend directly on the metaphysical preconception and definition of “mind”. If we see the mind from one perspective (individualist), it will be only in the brain, and if we see it from another (active externalist), it will be embedded in the body and extended into the world. The “whereabouts” of the mind depends on our <concept|definitio...

to the phenomena of the mind itself, or extended their view to existence at large, the most of them have relied exclusively upon the evidence supplied by consciousness both as regards the conditions under which knowledge is acquired and the general conclusions derived from that knowledge respecting the conditions under which things exist. This in fact has constituted a speciality of the science...