Here's a non philosophically trained attempt to at least establish a distinction between mind and matter:
What is it that people say distinguishes conscious things from non conscious things? Consciousness is affected by what other things are, vs only being affected by how other things interact with it. For example, given the right momentum, area, and angle of impact, one lump of matter has exactly the same effect on my red bouncy ball as any other lump of matter. The kind of object the lump of matter is makes no difference. On the other hand, the kind of object has a very definite effect on consciousness, more so than the material make up. This paragraph can be embedded in any kind of medium that you can read, and the medium makes no significant difference in the effect of the paragraph on your consciousness.
Does that kind of distinction seem coherent to you?
What is it that people say distinguishes conscious things from non conscious things? Consciousness is affected by what other things are, vs only being affected by how other things interact with it. For example, given the right momentum, area, and angle of impact, one lump of matter has exactly the same effect on my red bouncy ball as any other lump of matter. The kind of object the lump of matter is makes no difference. On the other hand, the kind of object has a very definite effect on consciousness, more so than the material make up. This paragraph can be embedded in any kind of medium that you can read, and the medium makes no significant difference in the effect of the paragraph on your consciousness.
Does that kind of distinction seem coherent to you?