[Wittrs] Self-Refuting Claims
- From: Joseph Polanik <jpolanik@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 07:02:35 -0400
SWM wrote:
>Joseph Polanik wrote:
>>however, it is self-refuting to attempt to explain consciousness as
>>nothing other than a non-conscious brain activity.
>That's because it isn't described, on this view, as "nothing other than
>a non-conscious brain activity".
on the contrary, Dennett specifically says "the mind is somehow nothing
but a physical phenomenon". [_Consciousness Explained_ p. 33]
>>can you say, with a straight face, "I am conscious of being nothing
>>other than a non-conscious brain activity".
>Of course not
indeed, any such attempt would be self-refuting, what is sometimes
called "performative failure".
>(Here I would note in passing that you are using "conscious" as a
>synonym for awareness.)
any your problem with that is ... what?
Joe
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