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> and together that makes up what human conciousness is? If you believe consciousness is completely materialistic, then maybe it is like that. I personally th
by ta1234567890 6y ago
> and together that makes up what human conciousness is?
If you believe consciousness is completely materialistic, then maybe it is like that.
I personally think that to be conscious means to be aware of being aware.
You could say it’s a circular definition (or recursive), and it is, but it’s the only way to define something by itself instead of as reference to something else.
- neatze 6y agoconsciousness is dissimilar to awareness, in my limited understanding it is about feelings (experience) in itself and not about being aware of being aware about feelings.
- jhickok 6y agoThat is highly controversial. The most popular theories of consciousness are that they are related to certain thoughts about thoughts, i.e. higher order awareness rather than first-order access. The qualia realist views that you are describing are likely more popular in philosophy classrooms than in CogSci or neuroscience programs.
- neatze 6y agoTwo Dimensions of Consciousness: Arousal and Awareness Consciousness is a multifaceted concept that has two dimensions: arousal, or wakefulness (i.e., level of consciousness), and awareness (i.e., content of consciousness). Source: http://www.coma.ulg.ac.be/papers/vs/EncConsc_coma_2009.pdf http://www.coma.ulg.ac.be/papers/vs/EncConsc_coma_2009.pdf