On 18 October 2014 14:22, Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com> wrote:
Weak emergence of consciousness. The emergent phenomenon is > distinguishable from the physical processes constituting it in the way > any system is distinguishable from its parts, while still being > fundamentally nothing more than its parts. > A system can be distinguished from its parts, in the sense you seem to intend, only in terms of some point of view that makes such distinctions relevant. The trouble is that if we attempt to apply this analysis to consciousness, what we get is a point of view that "emerges" from its constituent parts only retroactively, in terms of itself. Doesn't this seem rather circular? David -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
