"Tools of Discovery and Older Brain Structures"
Is it true that "the mind is what the brain does"?
If the mind is the product of the brain, the presence of the mind will be directly proportional to the amount of brain.
If the presence of the mind is proportional to the physical brain, people who survive brain damage or undergo lobotomies are less "mindful" than others. Does this make them less worthy as people?
Do people exist above or beyond their physical mind? Is there really a human "essence" as there is in the classical view, that makes someone human, gives them mind, beyond what they physically have? Or is consciousness the limit of humanity?