Quentin Anciaux wrote: > On Thursday 28 June 2007 16:52:12 Torgny Tholerus wrote: >> Bruno Marchal skrev: >>> But nobody really doubts about his own consciousness >>> (especially going to the dentist), despite we cannot define it nor >>> explain it completely. >> That sentence is wrong. > > Don't think so... > >> There is at least one person (me...) that >> really doubts about my own consciousness. I am conscious about that I >> am not conscious. I know that I does not know anything. When I go to >> the dentist I behave as if I am feeling strong pain, because my pain >> center is directly stimulated by the dentist, which is causing my >> behaviour. > > What is behaving ? (can't ask for who obviously you're insisting that there > isn't any). > >> Consciouslike behaviour is good for a species to survive. Therefore >> human beings show that type of behaviour. > > I don't know what is consciouslike behaviour without consciousness in the > first place. > > Quenton
But if consciousness is implied by conscious like behavior then it may be explained by the same things that explain behavior, i.e. physics and chemistry. Brent Meeker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---