On naturalism and consciousness

[Thumpalumpacus]

Let's use an example; my belief that spoons are curved.

Curving exists independant of consciousness. We define something as curved based on our language. That is not what makes that something curved.

Consciousness is merely the act of processing information about another environment. What makes humans truly odd is that we have self-consciousness, which is simply one part of the brain observing another part of the brain at work. Few other animals possess a brain complex enough to self-partition like this, but it seems to me that self-consciousness flows naturally from it.

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Also, the fact that physical changes to brain architecture cause physical changes to personality and consciousness seem to inculpate material cause as the basis of consciousness.

Just starting in on this thread, sorry if I'm rehashing a point already made.

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Define soul.

Chaka Khan is the definition of soul: