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RE: Difference between brain and mind
Mind is related to brain. Most people do not find any difference between the two words mind and brain. Most scientists and thinkers believe that the brain and the mind are one and cannot be separated. Most of the time these two words are used interchangeably. While brain is considered to be a physical thing, mind is considered to be mental.
This view is a rather new one, philosopher have argued about the mind-body problem for centuries. The brain is seen as something physical, while the mind is seen as something non-physical. Because of this distinction the mind always has been attributed with a lot of metaphysical qualities, e.g. being endless.
Today, where reductinism is the predominat paradigm, these terms are indeed used almost synonymously, which in my opinion is a little counter-productive, since it pushes the term "mind" even more away from its classical metaphysical meaning into a more esoteric domain.