3 ms·
It suffers from the fallacy of petitio principii, in that it assumes arguendo that consciousness is comprised of neurons (and, as mentioned above, that a neuron
by lurquer 8y ago
It suffers from the fallacy of petitio principii, in that it assumes arguendo that consciousness is comprised of neurons (and, as mentioned above, that a neuron is less complex than consciousness.)
But it's not stated as an 'argument' in any case so perhaps the term fallacy was out-of-place.
- klodolph 8y agoPetitio principii is when the premise assumes the truth of the conclusion, but since there is no argument and no conclusion it's impossible for the statement to suffer from that fallacy.
- lurquer 8y agoYou're right. Shouldn't have posted that. I just wanted the last word. (Dammit... did it again!)