And if you don't like that neither then tell me, is consciousness a type of feeling at all, and if not, then what in the world is it? — Zelebg
I'm insisting you know what a conviction is.
consciousness = awareness
color, sound, feeling = qualia
consciousness and qualia are two sides of the same coin
If you're looking for a philosophical definition of "Consciousness", you may find that each poster has his own opinion. But if you're looking for a cutting-edge treatment of the latest scientific research on the Mind/Body question, check out Christof Koch's latest book : The Feeling of Life Itself. The title expresses Koch's personal answer to your question.And if you don't like that neither then tell me, is consciousness a type of feeling at all, and if not, then what in the world is it? — Zelebg
If you don't like that, how about I say consciousness is nothing else but sum of all the inner feelings and external sensations? — Zelebg
And if you don't like that neither then tell me, is consciousness a type of feeling at all, and if not, then what in the world is it? — Zelebg
Note: the dichotic utterance of ‘inner’ and ‘external’ has always been a hazardous field of play - hence dualistic notions and no logical means to claw our way around such attitudes and keep a reasonable dialogue flowing. — I like sushi
That's about as broad and accurate a definition as there can be. The main issue is how we then unpack what this means and what use it is to us to say so.
Is consciousness a feeling, sensation, sum of all feelings and sensations, or something else? — OP
It is undeniable that some organisms are subjects of experience. But the question of how it is that these systems are subjects of experience is perplexing. Why is it that when our cognitive systems engage in visual and auditory information-processing, we have visual or auditory experience: the quality of deep blue, the sensation of middle C?
How can we explain why...
It is widely agreed that experience arises from a physical basis, but we have no good explanation of why and how it so arises.
Why should physical processing give rise to a rich inner life at all? It seems objectively unreasonable that it should, and yet it does.
The same thing you missed when I said in another thread: "any experience is necesarilly subjective experience", and you disagreed without given explanation or example. You are missing the 'subjectiveness' of the experience. It is that "I" in "I think, therefore I am", and the only concept directly implied and necessary real.
I do not see what's so perplexing aside from it perplexes me to see people keep talking like that...
What did I miss?
That's just behaviour. Where do you see the difference then between a human and robot awareness?By taking account of our own thought and belief and it's effect/affects upon ourselves including our subsequent attitudes and behaviour.
What do you mean?"Why ought" is not the right question at all.
Perhaps taking careful consideration of both the physical and the non physical aspects of all experience would be helpful?
Thanks. Is there some site where I could find recent papers on the subject free to download? — Zelebg
If you're saying that the brain is a sensory organ for meaning, that pretty well sums it up. But there are no dedicated sensors (like eyes) specifically for Consciousness. Some have postulated that the brain works like an antenna to receive transmissions from out in the ether. That may be a crude analogy, but there are no aliens out there trying to contact us: it's just Mother Nature calling. Besides, the "feelings" associated with meanings are ordinary emotions evoked by their relevance to me.How about I say consciousness is a separate feeling with its own sense, its own receptors like that of taste or smell? — Zelebg
Some have postulated that the brain works like an antenna to receive transmissions from out in the ether.
Zelebg In my view analogies help bring together sets of ideas. Here you don't really have any ideas and have just used an analogy to make the loose idea appear more substantial - you've not succeeded with me.
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