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Doesn't this perspective generalize to monism? I.e. everything is conscious? I don't have a problem with that, but the only way I can consolidate someone's clai
by ganzuul 7y ago
Doesn't this perspective generalize to monism? I.e. everything is conscious? I don't have a problem with that, but the only way I can consolidate someone's claim that consciousness does not exist is if their experience differs from mine.
- jayd16 7y agoI don't think that's strictly the only interpretation. In the same sense that some things are mechanized and something things are not, some objects can have consciousness while some do not. Consciousness is certainly less unique in this interpretation but I'm not sure that means its so uninteresting that we must say a rock is conscious. That said, I think the OP is conflating free will with consciousness which I think is a mistake. I think its more useful to keep the definition of consciousness as only a sense of self. Even if universal determinism does not exists, one could imagine an AI built in classical physics that exhibits a sense of self deterministically.