Brent, We had this exact discussion several months ago.
Perhaps this discussion is better suited for an English mailing list, but last time the conclusion reached was that consciousness vs. unconsciousness could be likened to zero vs. positive. You seem to be making the argument that it is like finite vs. infinite, with many ways of being finite and many ways of being infinite. I lean towards Quentin's usage wherein there is only one way of being unconscious, and many ways of being conscious. Sure, different states of consciousness are conscious of different things, and you might say a certain conscious being is not conscious of a certain thing, but I would not say that the general English usage of "unconscious" could be applied to that being, just because it lacks some God like omniscient consciousness. Jason On Wednesday, September 2, 2015, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/2/2015 2:23 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > >> So if there are different kinds of consciousness then a being with more kinds is more conscious. It seems that your dictum, "Your either conscious or not." is being diluted away to mere slogan. > > There is only one way of not being conscious, so you're either not conscious or you're conscious whatever level it is. > > Question begging. If there's more than one kind of consciousness, then there is more than one kind of being unconscious. Per Bruno's example one could be unconscious of your self. > > Brent > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
