{"id":3101,"date":"2024-07-18T14:22:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uthought.org\/?page_id=3101"},"modified":"2024-08-28T12:40:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T12:40:45","slug":"wilder-penfield-on-the-mind-and-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uthought.org\/en\/unification-thought\/note\/wilder-penfield-on-the-mind-and-the-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilder Penfield on the mind and the brain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Note 34. To the Subsection \u201c<a href=\"\/en\/unification-thought\/epistemology\/unification-epistemology\/#2.6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6. Process of Cognition and Physiological Conditions<\/a>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilder Penfield states: \u201cThe brain is a kind of computer in which an automatic mechanism acquired anew is at work. Every computer becomes useful only after it is given a program and is operated by someone existing separately from the computer. Let us consider the case where we observe a certain thing. It seems that the decision to do so is the function of the mind, which exists separately from the brain.\u201d The Mystery of the Mind <span class=\"has-small-font-size\">(Japanese version) (Tokyo: Hosei University Press, 1978)<\/span>, 110.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uthought.org\/en\/unification-thought\/note\/options-when-cognition-fails-in-the-understanding-stage\/\" title=\"Options when cognition fails in the understanding stage\"><p style=\"font-size: 72px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: -32px;\">\u2190<\/p><br><p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Options when cognition fails in the understanding stage<\/p><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uthought.org\/en\/unification-thought\/note\/j-c-eccles-on-dualist-interactionism\/\" title=\"J.C. Eccles on dualist-interactionism\"><p style=\"font-size: 72px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: -32px;\">\u2192<\/p><br><p class=\"has-large-font-size\">J.C. Eccles on dualist-interactionism<\/p><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note 34. To the Subsection \u201c6. Process of Cognition and Physiological Conditions\u201d Wilder Penfield states: \u201cThe brain is a kind of computer in which an automatic mechanism acquired anew is at work. Every computer becomes useful only after it is given a program and is operated by someone existing separately from the computer. 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