Hal writes:
>Saj Malhi, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: >> Let's try to establish a few cogent premisses. I realise you probably = >> won't agree with them all, but I'd be interested to know why: >> [...] >> 2]. Consciousness is neither dependent upon nor implied by memory (a man = >> suffering from amnesia is no less conscious than a man who remembers = >> every detail of his life). > >But someone who had no memory, who forget every event the instant it >happened, would not seem to be conscious. At least, such a kind of >mind is so different from my own that I would hesitate to say that it >was conscious in the way that I am. To me, being able to have some >continuity from moment to moment seems to be a fundamental aspect of >my consciousness. > >Hal Ergo, consciousness is Second Law dependent Edmondson
