[Wittrs] Is Homeostasis the Answer? (Re: Variations in the Idea of Consciousness)
- From: "SWM" <SWMirsky@xxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:37:50 -0000
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "iro3isdx" <xznwrjnk-evca@...> wrote:
> --- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "BruceD" <blroadies@> wrote:
>
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> > An example: My brain causes me to be in pain. I keep the pain to
> > myself because complaining serves no purpose, as I see it. If my
> > brain causes me not to complain, then I'm not acting with purpose,
> > because "I" drops out of the account.
>
> I don't care for that way of talking. It seems to me that it is you,
> not the brain, that is causing you not to complain.
>
> I think that you agree with me on that, while Stuart disagrees.
>
> Regards,
> Neil
>
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Where is the "I" without the brain? -- SWM
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