# Philosophy of Mind **Entity class:** Philosophical discipline **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] ## Definition **Philosophy of Mind** studies consciousness, cognition, mental causation, personal identity, embodiment, and the relation between mental and physical states. ## Relationships - It contains competing accounts including [[wiki/Functionalism|Functionalism]] and supplies the identity questions surrounding [[wiki/Substrate Independence|Substrate Independence]]. - It constrains how [[wiki/Functional Digital Twin|Functional Digital Twin]], [[wiki/Reconstructed Person|Reconstructed Person]], and [[wiki/Verification of Continuity Claims|continuity claims]] should be interpreted. - [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] separates testable engineering equivalence from unresolved metaphysical identity.