# 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.