[Wittrs] Re: Algorithms, Abstractions and Minds

  • From: "BruceD" <blroadies@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:47:58 -0000

--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "gabuddabout" <wittrsamr@...> wrote:
>
> A big mess.
>
> It may be because you really don't think BP can cause consciousness.

Yes and No. From an external point of view one could say "the morning
light caused him to become conscious." But that really amounts to, "the
person senses bodily changes and awakens." This is not a causal physical
account. But one dependent upon subjectivity. Both of the person
awakening, and the person recognizing it.

bruce


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