If we were magically shrunk and put into someone's brain...

If we were magically shrunk and put into someone's brain while she was thinking, we would see all the pumps, pistons, gears and levers working away and we would be able to describe the workings completely, in mechanical terms, thereby completely describing the thought processes of the brain. But that description would not contain any mention of thought! It would contain nothing but descriptions of pumps, pistons, levers!

Gottfried Leibniz Quote About Thinking, Brain, Gears: If We Were Magically Shrunk...

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