I think "conscious" is ambiguous. From what I've read the two halves of the split brain
are not both conscious in the sense of having an internal narrative; only one half is
verbal. Both halves are conscious in the sense of processing information and influencing
action - as my dog is conscious and Bruno's jumping spider are conscious.
Brent
On 2/2/2015 9:41 PM, Jason Resch wrote:
What are your thoughts on split brains which develop two independently
conscious minds?
We're they always two minds, or do they become such when they can't communicate?
Jason
On Monday, February 2, 2015, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net
<mailto:meeke...@verizon.net>> wrote:
> On 2/2/2015 8:37 PM, Jason Resch wrote:
>
> You can no more assume those other parts of your brain are unconscious than you can
assume other beings lack consciousness. You might even have solved it consciously but
are amnesiac about it.
>
> Poincare's unconscious was pretty smart, it could prove theorems his consciousness
couldn't. So JKC would say that proves his unconscious was conscious. I think that's
what Bruno calls []f.
>
> I infer (not assume) other beings are conscious because they are very similar to me
and act like I act when I'm conscious. Pieces of brain don't look much like me and they
don't act like me.
>
> Brent
>
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