For those who believe that mind and body are one must believe that both form one person. However, what happens if someone receives an organ transplant? People who believe that the mind and body are one must believe that a new being is created because it is a new body, when in reality it is still the same person as before except now with a healthier organ. Furthermore, hypothetically speaking, if a mind could be transplanted into another body, would the person be a different person just because of the body change? Absolutely not, you would have the same ideas, thoughts and emotions as before. The only difference would be your physical physique. Another counterargument concerns the energy problem. Jerry Fodor wrote in The Mind-Body Problem: “To put it another way, how can the nonphysical give rise to the physical without violating the laws of conservation of mass, energy, and momentum? “ The explanation is simple: the mind converts energy into the energy needed for the body to respond and move towards it. Furthermore, the idea that the mind and brain are separate is absurd to me. By analogy, a book is a physical object, yet the book “talks” about something. So it's physical and intentional at the same time. This is about the brain and the mind because the brain is complex, but when it all adds up the product is something. That something is the
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