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The paper i posted makes no such claims. It build up an idea of human consciousness as an emergence from the inherent properties of the interactions of elements
by cam_l 8y ago
The paper i posted makes no such claims. It build up an idea of human consciousness as an emergence from the inherent properties of the interactions of elements, chemical bonds and environment.
That human consciousness is a function of the boundary between the brain and the environment across which senses pass; the internal processes virtualising the external environment. The human consciousness then also has awareness of itself, sensed across the boundary, and re-virtualised within; akin to Hofstadter's loop.
At the same time, Grosz breaks down the concept of consciousness in the other direction, looking at this idea of virtualization within a sensing boundary in a single cell organism. The mechanism of such consciousness can be understood in this case as a mere transfer of information. From there its turtles all the way down.
Such a view is well within the standard model.
- Ste_Evans 8y agoIt's simply saying that "consciousness" is related to the brain, but doesn't explain the subjective feeling of consciousness. The stuff about the single cell organism's supposed consciousness is just a lame analogy. This is what you can do if you are a "philosopher" - just sniff some glue and write stuff down.