(March 14, 2013 at 1:56 pm)apophenia Wrote: And in the absence of a model of how the brain results in the phenomenon of consciousness, it's premature to claim we know the brain is responsible.
That seems to go a bit too far. Don't we think that other animals besides ourselves are possessed of consciousness? As we look at its relatively primitive expression in worms and on up the line through reptiles to other mammals and ourselves, don't all indications point to the brain or some less differentiated neural material as the source of that phenomena? What really is the alternative? When you look at the kinds of disabilities suffered by people with various brain injuries, doesn't that point to it being the organ responsible for consciousness? Proof? I got none. But I don't find anywhere near as compelling evidence for supposing the mind as we currently know it does not arise through the activity of the brain.
