On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 05:07:07PM +1000, Kim Jones wrote: > > Are we not conflating slightly (to be) conscious - the fact of being aware > and sensate; experiencing "being" as it were.....with "consciousness" that > woolly philosophical football? I think even in comman usage we don't do that. > I am conscious of this or that. My consciousness is kind of my whole psyche > (whatever that is - could be the whole universe or a lotus blossum or > whatever). >
Hi Kim, I was wondering if you could elaborate on what you think the distinction is? I, of course, conflate consciousness with the experience of "being" all the time. I was just wondering why you think there is a distinction? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
