(May 18, 2012 at 11:33 am)Mosrhun Wrote: You showed me attention which is a portion of the "cognitive" part, however there is no "thought" involved. Hence, you have not shown me wrong.
I may have been wrong in phrasing it as "cognitive thought" when in fact they should have been separate. Happy?
Attention is a part of cognitive thought. Once again by your criteria, he is a person.
Oh, in case you're interested self-awareness (at least the base function) is controlled by the brain stem.