How come ''consciousness doesn't exist'' is so popular among philosophers and scientists today? Rosenberg is a nihilist (and not just a moral nihilist).
Nihilism is the view that there are there are no composite objects (i.e., objects with proper parts); there are only mereological simples (i.e., objects with no proper parts). The nihilist thus denies the existence of statues, ships, humans, and all other macroscopic material objects.
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Our belief in a continuing identical self over a lifetime is an illusion.
In praise of nihilism.
No identity overtime means no consciousness over time.
@Isaac Take what you want from this. I know it's not the smoking gun you were hoping for.
Rosenberg may not outright deny consciousness, but he might as well.