On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 6:23 AM, selva kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is consciousness causally effective ? >> >> > If it is not causally effective, then you must explain what caused the word > "consciousness" to enter our lexicon and what caused the field of > pihlosophy of mind, and all the various books on the subject of > consciousness. The dirty secret of epiphenominalism (the theory that > consciousness is casually inert) is that if it were a true theory, the > theory of epiphenominalism would be entirely private and unsharable. The > fact that a theory was generated and shared to explain consciousness proves > consciousness has effects. Even the fact that we are discussing it now in > this thread can be taken as evidence of its causal effects. > > Jason > Then by your definition..Consciousness is our ability to think ? > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" 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/everything-list?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" 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/everything-list?hl=en.
