ABSTRACT
This chapter contains a very brief introduction to the mind and the brain, followed by an example. It is followed by a short discussion and then a series of questions. For several centuries, the prevailing view was that the mind is distinct from the brain. The brain is physical, the mind is mental. But as physics improved, it became clear that interaction between the physical and the mental would be problematic. Sam is a keen experimentalist who wishes to know everything that there is about minds, brains and thoughts. In order to do so, Sam sets about carving up a region of the brain. The questions discussed in the chapter are intended to get the philosophy students thinking about these problems. They have used these kinds of questions in seminars as the questions set for seminars. The chapter also gives a cursory sketch of some of the ways in which philosophers have responded to the thought experiment.
