A definitive treatment of this problem is Daniel Dennett's story "Where am I?" http://www.newbanner.com/SecHumSCM/WhereAmI.html
On Dec 6, 2006, at 4:06 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: > > Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> Le Mercredi 6 Décembre 2006 19:35, Brent Meeker a écrit : >>> Quentin Anciaux wrote: >>> ... >>> >>>> Another thing that puzzles me is that consciousness should be >>>> generated >>>> by physical (and chemicals which is also "physical") activities >>>> of the >>>> brain, yet I feel my consciousness (in fact me) is located in >>>> the upper >>>> front of my skull... Why then neurons located in the back of my >>>> brain do >>>> not generate conscious feeling ? And if they do participate, why >>>> am I >>>> located in the front of my brain ? Why this location ? Why only >>>> a tiny >>>> part of the brain feels conscious activities ? >>> Because you're not an ancient Greek. They felt their >>> consciousness was >>> located in their stomach. >>> >>> Brent Meeker >> >> While I'm not, the questionning was serious... While I've never >> ask where >> other people feels they were... I'm there (in upper front of the >> brain)... Is >> my "feelings" not in accordance with yours ? >> >> Quenton > > It might be because we're so visual and hence locate ourself at the > viewpoint of our vision (but that wouldn't explain the Greeks). Or > it might be because we've been taught that consciousness is done by > the brain. > > Brent Meeker > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
