RE: On naturalism and consciousness
August 29, 2014 at 8:01 am
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2014 at 8:08 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Quote:I think I have to agree with Benny on this; the mind as arising from a complex configuration of objects, that in conjunction with one another form a subject that can in turn experience itself as a subject-apprehending-those-objects,You just described a staggering array of mechanical systems currently in use. My children have toys that can do this. You'll have to add some special sauce somewhere, to separate what my kids toys do from what we do. They "just are" different, etc etc. The problem isn't that we can't explain something like mind with any current theory, it's that we can't determine which - if any- of the current theories about mind -apply to human minds-.
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