RE: Can Consciousness Best Be Explained by God's Existence?
March 31, 2014 at 9:41 am
(This post was last modified: March 31, 2014 at 9:51 am by Mudhammam.)
(March 31, 2014 at 9:11 am)MindForgedManacle Wrote: Well I wouldn't say no significant progress. That's an exaggeration.
I wouldn't say so. We absolutely have made substantial progress in understanding different brain processing functions but how it correlates to the phenomenon of subjective experience is as much a mystery today as it was when Descartes postulated the pinal gland as the bridge between the mind and the brain.
(March 31, 2014 at 9:39 am)Alex K Wrote: I wonder, since it is so nigh impossible to even define what we are looking for, what would an explanation even in principle look like?
Well, if we could replace the function of neurons with silicon chips and organize them in such a way as to simulate genuine volition, emotion, abstract imagery, etc. in a robot, then an explanation might involve the structural organization of information. But then again, some think consciousness requires a biochemical process.
