Some examples presently; but even at the start the whole idea that there are two (or more?) fundamentally different kinds of mind might strike one as unparsimonious.
Following up on Lycan's suggestion of degrees of richness or fullness, one might ask what graded dimensions or qualitative thresholds might be available to distinguish different kinds of minds?
TG: Different kinds of minds are really capable of doing things.
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Before implementing expensive training programs or undertaking costly studies to compare different kinds of mind-body practices, it would be useful to better understand nurses' experiences with mind-body practices, their expectations about benefits, their preferences for training, and their willingness to participate in research.
But as it proceeds, the presence of a different kind of musical mind and spirit at work becomes startlingly, even disconcertingly, clear.
The former leader of the political party has a different kind of party in mind after stepping down.
They prepared to board a military transport plane, but the dictator refused them permission to enter his country; he had a different kind of intermediary in mind.
