Materialism comes from monism that states that everything exsists is made up of matter. The soul, mind, or spirit does not exist. The only thing that exsists is the matter. Brain Chem. arguement supports materialism because it says the people's feelings are dependent on the amount that we sleep, the foods we eat, the different hormones that are working. If this is true, Humans are just a electrochemical system and does not have a mind soul or spirit.
Ramachandran's first example is Capgras syndrom which is that people cannot remember the faces due to a big injury to the brain. This supports brain chemestry because it says that the brain is not functioning properly due to the chemical problems from the accident. This can affect the way people act towards the people that they care and love.
His second example was the mirror box which could heal phantom limb cases. This was to fix the different pains that were caused by this disease. All they need to do is look in the mirror at their fuctioning arm and imagine that they are moving their phantom arm. This supports the chemical argument because we can relate the pain to our what our brain thinks and how the chemical reactions do.
The last one is synesthesia. It is when people see colors as numbers vice versa. This shows that people can recognize things by our brain chemicals and not with our minds. This whos us that we are all machines without feelings. All the feelings that we have is from the different chemicals in our brain.
Ramachandran's first example is Capgras syndrom which is that people cannot remember the faces due to a big injury to the brain. This supports brain chemestry because it says that the brain is not functioning properly due to the chemical problems from the accident. This can affect the way people act towards the people that they care and love.
His second example was the mirror box which could heal phantom limb cases. This was to fix the different pains that were caused by this disease. All they need to do is look in the mirror at their fuctioning arm and imagine that they are moving their phantom arm. This supports the chemical argument because we can relate the pain to our what our brain thinks and how the chemical reactions do.
The last one is synesthesia. It is when people see colors as numbers vice versa. This shows that people can recognize things by our brain chemicals and not with our minds. This whos us that we are all machines without feelings. All the feelings that we have is from the different chemicals in our brain.
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