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Originally Posted by BD2002
Well, I didn't answer that thesis very well... made up my own view and then didn't comment on everything. Fixed it in my second version tho.
I said that with the information we know it is most reasonable to conclude that the patient in fact had mental states. Also that a soul is not necessary and nor is an organic brain, but only one that functions as one.
I based it on the outward behavior (aka, Ryle), that a mind is necessary for mental states and a soul is not.
What did you say?
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ah I went with the third doctor,
If the patient has a computer for a brain he is simply programmed to act in the certain way; to respond to the inputs and give outputs. Even though we see that the patient is acting as if he is a normal human being, he isn't truly understanding what is happening to him. For example, if he gets poked by a stick, the response would be to jitter from that poke. Although we observe him and think that he is in the state of pain, he is simply responding to that input and giving us an output. Therefore, it is more reasonable to agree with the third doctor that the patient is unable to have a mind and mental states.