Is Mind a Construct? (A musing which has developed wings.)

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The brain is an organ and the mind is the brain at work. The mind is, therefore, a construct because it cannot be seen, touched, measured, etc. directly (i.e., it has no physical form). The unique thing about the "mind" is that it seems to be associated exclusively with conscious and semi-conscious states. Autonomic functions of the brain are not associated with the "mind" because they are typically not part of our consciousness (i.e., your heart beats, you experience pain, you breathe, etc. without giving those things any conscious consideration).

Personally I've given a lot of conscious consideration to pain! Particularly on the occasion I got hung up on 277v! The most prevalent consideration was as to if I was going to survive the experience and the second being what an unusual feeling it was being a conductor for high voltage electricity.