Sentence examples for function of mind from inspiring English sources
He is the author of "Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature" (1996) and "Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science" (2003).
Road rage is a function of mind blindness induced by the car's enclosure: when we're locked in our car's little confession box, it's easy to arrive at the illusion that we're the only person out there.
In Guanzi, a philosophical work ascribed to the legalist politician Guan Zhong (7th century BC, although probably dating much later) the leading function of mind does not refer merely to the sense organs, but also to all other major organs as for instance intestines or bladder (Guanzi CTP: Jiu shou, 6).
These data support the view that an important function of mind-wandering relates to the anticipation and planning of the future.
And this, it seems, may be constituted by intrinsic functions of mind, brain, and body rather than one constituted, however indirectly through other psychological states, by environmental connections through perception and action (as on more standard functionalist views) or constitutively embedded in a cognitively complex normative space of skills and reasons (as Moran apparently holds).
In like manner, the special difference that the presence of mind makes in observable cases, reflected in its unique functioning, defines the use of "mind"; "In particular, the pursuance of future ends and the choice of means for their attainment are thus the mark and criterion of the presence of mentality".
"Rare disorders reveal the function of the mind and brain by showing the limits and possibilities of what can happen when these systems stop working," Currell says.
In Experiment 2, we further examined SITUTs in order to assess the possible functions of mind-wandering.
I then turn to an analysis of content preservation, which is understood as a basic function of the mind that is grounded in representation.
