On Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 8:36:00 AM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > > On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 7:21 AM Philip Thrift <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > *That's a start to get away from the Cartesian delusion.* > > > I agree it's silly to say mind has nothing to do with matter, but it's not > silly to say nouns are not the same as adjectives. Brain and mind do not > mean the same thing. >
> John K Clark > >> >> "Brain", "mind", "psyche" are nouns. [ Wiktionary ] What word are you referring to as an *adjective*? "Mental" and even "brainial" (uncommon) are adjectives. We talk about the *sun* and *solar activities* (like fusion, magnetic propagation, etc.) but we don't talk about solar activities distinct from the sun in any weird way, like people do with brain and mental activities (of the mind). @philipthrift -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/31648c7d-8e49-4e44-9f3e-774cb9e193b1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
