TT:
'
> What is the philosophical term for persons like me, that totally deny
> the existence of the consciousness?'
MP: I think the word you are looking for is "deluded".
Regards
Mark Peaty CDES
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Torgny Tholerus wrote:
> Bruno Marchal skrev:
>> Le 04-juin-07, à 14:10, Torgny Tholerus a écrit :
>>
>> Pain is the same thing as the pain center in the brain being
>> stimulated.
>>
>> If you are really unconscious or not conscious, you could say this,
>> indeed, but I hardly believe you are unconscious.
>> In the best case your theory will work for you and other "zombie". It
>> cannot work for those who admit the 1/3 distinction or the mind/body
>> apparent distinction.
>> You are on the fringe of being an eliminativist philosopher. What I do
>> appreciate is that you offer your theory for yourself. Let me ask you
>> explicitly this question, which I admit is admittedly weird to ask to
>> a zombie, but: do you think *we* are conscious?
> I am constructed in such a way (my brain connections is such that...) I
> very strongly claim that I am conscious, I very strongly claim that I
> have feelings, I very strongly claim that I have a mind, I very strongly
> claim that I have perceptions. But I know (intellectually) that I am
> wrong, and I know why I am wrong.
>
> When I look at you (in 3rd person view), I see that you are constructed
> in exactly the same way as I am. So I know why you say that you are
> conscious. I know nothing sure about you, but the most probable
> conclusion is that you are equally unconscious as I am.
>
> What is the philosophical term for persons like me, that totally deny
> the existence of the consciousness?
> (I also deny the existence of infinity...)
>
> --
> Torgny Tholerus
>
>
> >
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Received on Fri Jun 08 2007 - 14:40:46 PDT