Re: A new theory of consciousness: conditionalism

2023-08-26 Thread Jason Resch
Thank you John for your thoughts. I few notes below: On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 7:17 AM John Clark wrote: > On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 1:47 PM Jason Resch wrote: > > *> At a high level, states of consciousness are states of knowledge,* >> > > That is certainly true, but what about the reverse, does

A new theory of consciousness: conditionalism

2023-08-26 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 1:47 PM Jason Resch wrote: *> At a high level, states of consciousness are states of knowledge,* > That is certainly true, but what about the reverse, does a high state of knowledge imply consciousness? I'll never be able to prove it but I believe it does but of course

Re: A new theory of consciousness: conditionalism

2023-08-26 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 1:47 PM Jason Resch wrote: *> At a high level, states of consciousness are states of knowledge,* > That is certainly true, but what about the reverse, does a high state of knowledge imply consciousness? I'll never be able to prove it but I believe it does but of course

Re: A new theory of consciousness: conditionalism

2023-08-25 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sat, 26 Aug 2023 at 03:47, Jason Resch wrote: > I would like to propose a theory of consciousness which I think might have > some merit, but more importantly I would like to see what criticism others > might have for it. > > I have chosen the name "conditionalism" for this theory, as it is

A new theory of consciousness: conditionalism

2023-08-25 Thread Jason Resch
I would like to propose a theory of consciousness which I think might have some merit, but more importantly I would like to see what criticism others might have for it. I have chosen the name "conditionalism" for this theory, as it is based loosely on the notion of conditional statements as they