Where is the mind?

2 The contents of the paper

It is impossible to reach the conclusion so easily which has been told at the previous section　,“1 Top page”, because it conflicts with common knowledge fundamentally. You will have doubts about the view and will object to each issue of the paper. It provides answers to each of doubts and objections, so it is unavoidable that the paper contains about 110 pages.

The logic of the paper is strict, especially at the core parts of the subjects. However, difficult technical terms which are used in philosophy are not used at all. Any preliminary knowledge is also not necessary at all.

When pursuing the subjects, some unfamiliar words, for example, "the object we are looking", "the body acting to look" and "the result of looking" are used. Their meanings are not difficult, and the words are used after being defined. You may be puzzled at these words at first, but you will soon become accustomed to them.

The contents are as follows:

Preface

Chapter 1: It is difficult to question common knowledge

　Section 1: The World of the Mind, Its true nature

　Section 2 Questions are the gateway to exploration

Chapter 2: The Exploration of ‘the act of looking’

　Section 1: Representing two worlds with pictures

　Section 2: Three elements of the ‘act of looking’

Chapter 3: The Deconstruction of common knowledge about the Mind　

　Section 1: Is the object seen before our eyes matter?

　Section 2: Can the existence of sensation serve as proof that it is matter?

　Section 3: Is the object seen before our eyes the 'object of looking'?

　Section 4: Is the body seen before our eyes a physical body?

Chapter 4: The World of the Mind

　Section 1: Where is the mind?

　Section 2: Existence and recognition in the world of the mind

Section 3: What am the‘I’?

Afterword

All chapters and paragraphs are orderly composed and logically pursued. Please read the paper in order, or you might be at a loss about the process of the story.

The question, "Where is the mind?", will eventually lead us to another question, "What am the 'I'?" Because the question, "Where is the mind?", will not be cleared until the answer to "What am the 'I'?" is obtained. Therefore, though you might think it digresses from the original theme, the question, "What am the 'I'?", is also pursued in paragraph 3 of Chapter 4.