Re: Re: Re: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing

2012-09-24 Thread Roger Clough
- Receiving the following content - From: John Clark Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-23, 12:58:45 Subject: Re: Re: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Roger Clough wrote: mind can also operate on brain (through

Re: Re: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing

2012-09-23 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: mind can also operate on brain (through the will or an intention). I have no idea at the present of what such a monadic structure might be like. Will or Intention is a high level description as is pressure, but it's not

Re: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing

2012-09-20 Thread Roger Clough
that. :-) Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/19/2012 Forever is a long time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: John Mikes Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-18, 17:17:40 Subject: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing Ha ha

Re: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing

2012-09-20 Thread Roger Clough
9/20/2012 Forever is a long time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-20, 06:06:06 Subject: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing On 20 Sep 2012, at 11:45, Roger

Re: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing

2012-09-19 Thread Roger Clough
the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Craig Weinberg Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-18, 13:54:30 Subject: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 6:08:46 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: Hi Craig Weinberg

Re: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing

2012-09-19 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: Things have extension and are physical In other words they are nouns. a non-thing has no extension and is not physical. Like a adjective. Consciousness or mind is not physical So its not a noun. The brain is physical.

Re: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing

2012-09-19 Thread Roger Clough
Mikes Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-18, 17:17:40 Subject: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing Ha ha: so not consciousness is the 'thing', but 'intelligence'? or is this one also a function (of the brain towards the self?) who is the self? how does the brain DO something

Re: Re: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing

2012-09-19 Thread Roger Clough
near the end. -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: John Clark Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-19, 09:51:57 Subject: Re: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity

Re: Re: IMHO conscousness is an activity not a thing

2012-09-19 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 8:49:35 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: Hi Craig Weinberg Things have extension and are physical, a non-thing has no extension and is not physical. Consciousness or mind is not physical, at least in my understanding. The brain is physical. Hi Roger,