I would agree with this. The difference between dream sleep and full consciousness is not that consciousness itself is different, but that what we are conscious of is different, because the brain is feeding consciousness with stuff mainly from stored memories instead of mainly from current sensory input.In my view we're conscious of dreams if we're dreaming. — Terrapin Station
I assume you're talking about hallucinations. According to Wikipedia, "the hallucinations are caused by the brain misidentifying the source of what it is currently experiencing, a phenomenon called faulty source monitoring." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_deprivation)What about when you are awake and in a sensory deprivation tank? Would you say that is the same as dreaming (as far as where your brain is being fed from, memory or “current sensory input)? — DingoJones
I didnt mean hallucinations, I meant that you arent getting sensory data in the tank, and was interested in how you think that might contrast or factor in with your view here — DingoJones
Can you give a definition for the states you mention, 1-4? — DingoJones
I think it's a combination of the sub-conscious and the conscious. By this I mean, that while my consciousness was below the state we call wakeful, that is, in the sub-conscious state (which still implies the presence of consciousness), there were mental processes which were active and which generated memories which engraved such deep impressions that they intruded to the conscious state. — BrianW
Also, where are you going with this? I am interested in what you think peoples answers will be relevent to. — DingoJones
I think it's a combination of the sub-conscious and the conscious. By this I mean, that while my consciousness was below the state we call wakeful, that is, in the sub-conscious state (which still implies the presence of consciousness), there were mental processes which were active and which generated memories which engraved such deep impressions that they intruded to the conscious state. — BrianW
To me, you're describing something wholly non-conscious here, whose results eventually emerged into conscious awareness. — Pattern-chaser
Can we have objective principles for subjective phenomena?
I don't know what non-conscious means — BrianW
if its results can emerge into conscious awareness, then I suppose it implies a sort of consciousness — BrianW
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