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Common, this is just semantics. "I would rather say that consciousness is not what we generally think it is. It is not direct awareness of our inner world of t
by proc0 8y ago
Common, this is just semantics.
"I would rather say that consciousness is not what we generally think it is. It is not direct awareness of our inner world of thoughts and judgments but a highly inferential process that only gives us the impression of immediacy."
Whatever it is you still can't explain it. End of story.
- ridewinter 8y agoI can’t explain it but I do know that if I’m blocking my feelings (for whatever reason) I lose access to the meaning of things. Meaning and interpretation in my mind seem to resonate with my surroundings just by simply coming back to the feelings in my body.
- teilo 8y agoPrecisely. Much of what is described as theories of consciousness describe the mechanics of consciousness, but not the topology of it. It is like describing how the parts of a machine interact, when we don't know what the parts actually are made of, or how they are shaped, or how they function or if they even exist.