(May 10, 2012 at 11:31 am)ChadWooters Wrote: I don't see where consciousness gets inserted into the causal chain. Suppose the brain in question was not organic, but a series of gears, levers and hydronic pumps. The interactions of those parts would be clearly visible and seen to act one upon the other to produce behaviors normally associated with consciousness. But you wouldn't see anything related to sensation or experience involved.
Once you are able to make a series of gears, levers and hydraulic pumps that mimic all of human behavior, you'd simply be able to see where consciousness comes in. You should remember, when talking about human behavior, it's not just the external behavior we're talking about. Capacity to perceive through senses and the capacity to perceive one's own thoughts, actions and motivations also form a part of human behavior. Once someone becomes capable of creating this complex piece of machinery, the problem of consciousness would be resolved.
