> [Ham]
> > An existent is something that is empirically identifiable by its
> properties
> > or attributes. Consciousness cannot be quantified, localized or
> objectively
> > experienced. Its origin is explainable only by a transcendent reality,
> > whereas existents can be explained in terms of cause-and-effect.
> Therefore,
> > consciousness is not an existent.
>
> My consciousness can localized in space & time. When I am conscious
> of a sound it is always where I am. Also I had no consciousness before
> I
> was conceived & don't expect any after I die. This all has a causal
> explanation.
> Therefore, I must conclude my consciousness exists after all.
> Craig
A nice exposition of the individual and the self, condemned by both
materialists and mystics as hallucinations. I conclude both the individual
and the self exist after all -- and I don't mean exist as figments of
imagination -- as fundamental to consciousness.
Platt
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