Hi Jason Resch
Pragmatically speaking, the self has to be a singular, focussed point. I have trouble understanding how that can be done with a network of nerve signals. Roger Clough, [email protected] 9/20/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Jason Resch Receiver: [email protected] Time: 2012-09-19, 11:51:00 Subject: Re: Bruno's Restaurant On Sep 19, 2012, at 8:02 AM, "Roger Clough" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jason Resch > > My ionterpretation of the result of the brain splitting on > pain perception is that her "self" is on one side and > the feeling of pain is on the other. Thus she feels the pain, > but cannot associate to her self (doesn't care). > I would agree, but add that the self, in this case, is found in the connected parts of the majority of her brain. Jason > > Roger Clough, [email protected] > 9/19/2012 > "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen > > > ----- Receiving the following content ----- > From: Jason Resch > Receiver: [email protected] > Time: 2012-09-18, 14:14:31 > Subject: Re: Bruno's Restaurant > > > > > On Sep 18, 2012, at 12:53 PM, meekerdb wrote: > > > On 9/18/2012 10:31 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > No it is absolutely necessary. If you had no knowledge regarding > what you were seeing, no qualia at all, you would be blind and > dysfunctional. > > > You might cite blund sighr as a counter example, but actually i > think it is evidence of modularity if mind. Those with blind sight > appear to have a disconnect between the visual processing parts of > their brain and others. For example, they may still have reflexes, > like the ability to avoid obsticles or catch a thrown ball, but the > language center of their brain is disconnected, and so the part of > the brain that talks says it can't see. > > I agree. But it raises a question about the woman who feels pain > but doesn't care. Who is it that doesn't care? Obviously the > conscious person who tells you they don't care. But is there > another, inarticulate person who feels the pain? or does care? > > > > > Brent, > > > Good question, and a scary thought. > > > I think this might be likely in the case of a fully split brain, but > correspondingly less likely the smaller the isolated (disconnected) > part of the brain is. > > > Unconsciousness under anesthesia results from brain regions becoming > isolated from each other. Maybe they are still conscious but cut > off from the memory, motion control, and speaking areas, so we have > no evidence of the consciousness of the sub-regions. > > > Jason > > > Brent > > -- > 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. -- 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.
