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It's quite definitively created by the body. It's very difficult to explain certain phenomena otherwise. Like, certain people will get a right-hemisphere stroke
by ThrustVectoring 10y ago
It's quite definitively created by the body. It's very difficult to explain certain phenomena otherwise. Like, certain people will get a right-hemisphere stroke that not only removes their ability to use their left arm, but also causes them to deny that they aren't able to use their left arm. And this is temporarily suppressed by squirting cold water into the left ear.
We're getting more and more detail in the nuts-and-bolts models of how the brain constructs experiences and consciousness. IMO it's a just a matter of time before there are no mysteries left, and every high level description of human experience can be broken down into smaller details recursively until what's left is low-level descriptions of neurons.
- aninhumer 10y agoWhile I too believe consciousness is material, those observations don't prove it, they just demonstrate that consciousness can be influenced by the material world.
- ThrustVectoring 10y agoAnd while I too believe that fire is material, our observations don't prove it, they just demonstrate that how phlogiston gets released by combustion can be influenced by the material world.
- EGreg 10y agoThe difference is that you can easily replicate fire and understand how it works. You can tell if something is on fire or not. It's been explained in terms of very simple components. Go ahead and explain qualia as experienced in first person.