RE: Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Univer...
June 1, 2014 at 9:21 am
(June 1, 2014 at 7:57 am)bennyboy Wrote:That's news to me, but alright! I'll take it!(June 1, 2014 at 5:54 am)pocaracas Wrote: Do I sense a hint of acknowledgement that your qualia can be "reliably" influenced by a direct electromagnetic impulse to the brain?I've never claimed there isn't a relationship between the brain and qualia. So no hint, just acknowledgement-- but in a mundane sense.
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(June 1, 2014 at 7:57 am)bennyboy Wrote: The philosophical issue is the real nature of those things, which is inaccessible to us. And in this case, whether that nature is local or general.
Local == brain?
general == anywhere?