"I think I 'm getting what you are saying here , and I sort of agree . It is both the body and the mind that make a person , and each are important . If you have one without the other- the body ( very underdeveloed in this case ) without the mind in the case of a foetus , it does not make a person ."
"That means that you view mental existence as being critical to our existence as a person . What about the body ? If we were all mind and no body ( this , granted , is purely a hypothetical and is often referred to in the hypothetical supernatural sense as a soul ) , would we still exist as people ? If not , then what would we be ? I agree that our bodies are an important part of how we view ourselves but are they part of the very core ? I would sincerely miss my legs if they had to be amputated . However , I would still exist . Taking it to the extreme , I would sincerely miss my body if all that were left was a functioning brain , but I would still exist ."
"If you have one without the it does not make a person"
"However , I would still exist ."