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Happiness From Being Generous Has a Neural Basis Within the Brain
« on: July 12, 2017, 10:48:31 am »
 Happiness From Being Generous Has a Neural Basis Within the Brain
 
By AFP
July 11, 2017
2:09 PM EDT

What inspires humans to display acts of generosity? Economists, psychologists and philosophers have pondered this question for millennia. If one assumes that human behavior is primarily motivated by self-interest, it seems illogical to willingly sacrifice resources for others.

https://www.seeker.com/health/mind/happiness-from-being-generous-has-a-neural-basis-within-the-brain
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Re: Happiness From Being Generous Has a Neural Basis Within the Brain
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2017, 12:35:45 am »
The article presumes a naive physicalist philosophy of mind.  However, if one assumes that philosophy of mind, then any feeling, cognitive state, emotion, or the like "has a neural basis within the brain."  Likewise, if one holds a dualist philosophy of mind, the discovery of a neural correlate of some feeling, congitive state or emotion, is not the discovery of a "neural basis".
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And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know what this was all about.
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