On 7/22/2019 6:19 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
You might wish to maintain this theory, but you, yourself, have
directly contradicted it by saying that our sense of self depends
on the inputs to the brain. The qualification "directly" adds
nothing but obfuscation.
The inputs to the brain affect the brain state, and our experiences
depend on the brain state. If a particular brain state could be
implemented in the absence of inputs, the experience would be the same
as if the inputs were there. Do you disagree with this?
I disagree with it. Experiences are not states, they're processes and
the processes include the inputs. Probably you can have experiences
without sensory input, although as I recall when sensory deprivation
research was popular it was found that after a half-hour or less one's
thoughts tended to enter a closed loop.
Brent
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