On 9/19/2019 11:04 AM, AG wrote:
I think you've nailed the problem. We don't know how to define "consciousness". In terms of what? Presumably it's properties, as we define other entities in physics, such as the electron. Who was the SC justice who said you know pornography when you see it, but you can't define it prior to the observation? So far, the most we can say about consciousness, that is, its properties, is that it's self-referential. AG
Actually, I think this is questionable. I'm not sure that I can directly refer to my own consciousness. Whenever I think about by consciousness I'm thinking of what it just was, a moment ago. Of course I think the phrase "I'm conscious." But that's the words. I'm not sure there's a qualia of consciousness per se. Conscious is always consciousness OF something...but I don't think that thing can be consciousness.
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