Fragments are continuously moving (Events made of verbally) Total of contents being the consciousness.Apart from the contents (verbal fragments there is no consciousness).CONTENT COGNIZANCES) BUT IS IT POSSIBLE SHOULD BE VERIFIED.
thank you sekhar On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 7:26 PM, chazwin <[email protected]> wrote: > This question is answer dependant, consciousness is that very thing > upon which we seek to understand the question and form an answer. > Since we have only our perception there is no place outside of > consciousness from which to stand to answer. > So the answer has to be yes and no. > Yes in that consciousness is our reality, thus it is part of a > continuum. > But no as we have to assume pragmatically that those things we call > the object of our perception are distinct from them. > > > > > > On Apr 10, 10:51 am, awori achoka <[email protected]> wrote: >> Is consciousness part of a continuum of events (reality)---or do events >> exist in spite of our being conscious of them? >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:06 PM, chazwin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Whatever reality is, our understanding of it has to account for the >> > succession of events. >> > Any claim to freedom of the will forms a contradiction of the notion >> > of reality in which the necessity of the succession of events exists. >> > ANy quintessential quality is a god of the gaps to fill any thing we >> > can't account for. That does not mean that any inference can be drawn >> > from what is nothing more that a metaphysical concept. Why should we >> > not simply except that consciousness is a property of matter and >> > energy in time and space which exists in particular circumstances? >> >> > On Apr 5, 9:06 pm, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > The following is a re-written and condensed form of my earlier draft >> > > It will hopefully clarify my proposition. >> > > Please comment. Thank you. >> >> > > Quintessence Revisited: >> > > What is Reality Made Of? >> >> > > Conscious Free will is quintessential: >> > > The universe cannot exist without it. >> >> > > Physics has observed four fundamental building blocks, so to speak, of >> > > the universe. They are matter, energy, space, and time. Everything >> > > that science observes can be described in terms that require at least >> > > one of these four basic concepts. >> >> > > They are the modern version of what ancient scientists called the four >> > > essences, except that their four essences were earth, wind, water and >> > > fire. >> >> > > The ancients found the need to recognize a fifth essence, the >> > > quintessence. In their case, that essence was what composed the >> > > astronomical objects they saw in the sky. >> >> > > Likewise, we also must recognize a quintessential component of >> > > reality, a fifth fundamental building block of nature. This fifth >> > > essence is composed of three stages: life, consciousness and free >> > > will. >> >> > > Of these three, consciousness is the easiest to discuss, because no >> > > conscious person can rationally deny that consciousness exists. >> >> > > Consciousness represents a fifth essence of the universe because it >> > > cannot be explained in terms of the other four. Life can largely be >> > > explained in terms of biophysics, but consciousness, as we experience >> > > it, cannot. And when it comes to the apex of consciousness, that is >> > > to say, free will, not only is physics unable to explain it in terms >> > > of the other four essences, it actually forbids free will unless we >> > > accept it as quintessential. >> >> > > Free will is the monkey wrench in the standard model of physics, the >> > > 800 pound gorilla in the room that science strains to ignore. >> > > Consciousness is the ocean in which that fish, physics, swims. So >> > > pervasive is consciousness, and its ultimate expression in free >> > > will--- so pervasive is it that we tend not to notice it. >> >> > > Okay we notice it, but only in passing. Physics is the conscious >> > > understanding of reality by scientists exercising free will. But free >> > > will is far more than just another element on the periodic table, >> > > vastly more important than the discovery of exotic phenomena such as >> > > dark matter, and exceedingly more strange than the singularity in a >> > > black hole. >> >> > > Free will can be described as, among other things, a non-random, >> > > purposeful, uncaused cause. >> >> > > Such a concept must shake the conventional study of physics to its >> > > foundations. For in conventional physics, every observed event is the >> > > result of a preceding cause, and that cause, even if it is randomness >> > > itself, forces the observed effect. >> >> > > But the concept of free will posits the idea of an independent agent >> > > in nature, a truly volitional creature, one that can break free of the >> > > chain of cause and effect, and so to speak, rewrite part of the script >> > > that nature has up to then been following. >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "Epistemology" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<epistemology%2bunsubscr...@google >> > groups.com> >> > . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. >> >> -- >> >> nubiaafrika.blogspot.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Epistemology" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. > > -- sekhar -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. 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