When you say "mind" do you mean consciousness, or System 1 in Kahneman's terms? Or do you also include nonconscious nervous system activity including Kahneman's System 2 and other embodied cognition?

Even though a mind may arise from a body, could the computational processes characteristic of a mind not also be activated from a non-body?

I'm reading and influenced right now by Kinds Of Minds by Daniel Dennett.

https://www.amazon.com/Kinds-Minds-Understanding-Consciousne...

> And dogs obviously feel joy and worry and mourning.

It's not so obvious. Especially with domestic animals, the kind of behaviour you are describing may have evolved in order to survive in humans' company. Recommended reading: Daniel Dennett's Kinds of Minds ( http://www.amazon.com/Kinds-Of-Minds-Understanding-Conscious... )

Wittgenstein on what a lion would say if he could speak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=628eVJgHD6I (This is a very pleasant pineapple)