The Concept of Mind

The mind and body are entities whose characteristics are strictly exclusive, yet together, they form a relationship that is the basis of the existence of humankind – and, by consequence, is one of the most classic and debated dualisms in philosophy. This dualism is described as the mind-body problem. The mind indicates one’s mental faculties such as thoughts, emotions and sensations, while the body indicates the physical processes and entities that allow one to function physically. While both…

Galinsky, of Mind in the Making (Bright Horizons Family Solutions, 2017) states that critical thinking skills are one of the seven essential skills every child needs to be successful in life. Children no longer need to just develop the three r’s (reading, wring, and…

being capable of error? Descartes ponders this concept further in both his Meditations and Principles of Philosophy where he approaches this problem two different ways that have similar conclusions; human error is the product of confusion and privation. In his Meditations and Principles of Philosophy Descartes addresses human error by first considering his relationship to God and how God could create…

In Philosophy, there is the well known concept of the mind-body problem. The mind-body problem explains how mental states such as beliefs, actions, and thinking are related to physical states of an individual (Stewart, p.137, 2012). The basic issue of the mind body problem is the understanding how a body can have a mind inside of it that is controlling it. A frequent question asked is are we only matter or are we matter and mind? There are four philosophical positions including; type identity…

functions. Different between functionalism and behaviorism is that functionalism can be traced back to history unlike behaviorism. Functionalism stresses on mental processes, it state that mind and mental processes are extremely significant in creating an impact on human behavior. Behaviorism is a new concept which emerged with an objective of highlighting the importance of the external behavior of human being. Behaviorism stress on human behavior, it rejects the idea of functionalism and it…

and concept of the world over the years as they grow. He believed that children go through sudden outbursts of mental changes that are pursued by great support as they move to the next step. Within his theory there are four separate steps and stages of development. Children develop at an astonishing rate during the early years of their lives and most importantly their cognitive development is influenced by their surroundings. Furthermore, Piaget’s theory looks at the development of the mind and…

Abstract Psychology encompasses all aspects of the human mind and because the mind is nearly limitless in its thought and function, several areas of psychology must be present to cover the diverse nature of psychology. Psychology isn’t just the study of different aspects of the mind. It is a study of interactions, reactions, cognitive processes, environmental, abnormal, as well as several more areas within the field of psychology. The APA lists 54 different fields within the field of psychology…

that not all pleasures are the same. For instance, he claims that intellectual pleasures are with no doubt safer than physical pleasures. As humans, we tend to chase the pleasures of the flesh, rather than those of the mind, and John Stuart Mill explains how the pleasures of the mind and intellect should, instead, be considered superior to the others. His reason for claiming so stands on the belief that pleasures of the flesh may…

is given to us in sensibility (intuition) and thought through concepts. Kant argues the only things in themselves are space and time, which he still argues are merely formal features of how objects are perceived. Fichte introduces a similar philosophy, however, doing away with the contrast between a priori and a posteriori knowledge, takes out the concept of a thing-in-itself. In the preface to the first edition of Concerning the Concept of the Wissenschaftslehre, Fichte touches on Kant’s spirit…

Concept is a thought or idea that’s conceived in the mind. Concept is a mental representation of a category , class or group of objects, events, people, etc. It helps us to organise our thinking and enable us to think and communicate with speed and efficiency. A new born child doesn’t born with any concepts. She/ he must create the concepts, alone or with others. Since no concept or idea ever stand alone . Once we conceptualised, a thing integrated into the network of our ideas. We…