Are you guys joking.... Other beings then humans have consciousness and they dint philosophize about it.... It is some other principle that is the "cause".
On Sunday, July 3, 2011, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 7/3/2011 8:56 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 2:35 AM, selva kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > 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 ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, my point is that if you are thinking about consciousness, then what > else could it have been but consciousness that caused you to think > about it? > > > > > That would be the material cause in Aristotles sense. But material > causes don't form causal chains. > > Brent > > > > If consciousness had no effects, then we would not think about > it, talk about it, or write e-mails about it. > > Jason > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
