[Wittrs] Is Homeostasis the Answer? (Re: Variations in the Idea of Consciousness)
- From: "iro3isdx" <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:39:13 -0000
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "SWM" <SWMirsky@...> wrote:
> If your explanation is that:
> homeostasis (yields/leads to) --> pragmatics --> perception -->
> consciousness (the features of)
> and we presume that "consciousness" includes intentionality
> then aren't you suggesting, by a proposal that "perception" = the
> receipt/use/shaping of "intentional information", that consciousness
> must already be present?
You are reading too much into that use of "intentional." I suggested
that word only for its descriptive value. I am not in any way
depending on an assumption that it is intentional. There isn't any
actual circularity.
Regards,
Neil
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