Could consciousness all come down to the way things vibrate?

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(2018-11-28, 07:16 PM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: But qualia aren't just sensory reports of the outside world, they include the feeling of confidence that a memory of a past event is the correct one and the feeling of running late.

Beyond that the "illusion" explanation is deeply unsatisfying precisely b/c an illusion itself is defined as an experience. If I thought I saw a bat that was actually a leaf, it doesn't change that I saw *something*. Perhaps you mean illusion in some other sense, but this runs up against the second problem with illusions - someone has to be fooled. If there are just processes, who is the illusion fooling? If there is a someone who is fooled, then there is something it like to be fooled....which gets us back into the issue of qualia...

Like I said the ‘illusion’ (or ‘construct’ if you prefer) is irresistible. You’ve nicely reinforced that point.

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RE: Could consciousness all come down to the way things vibrate? - by malf - 2018-11-28, 07:29 PM

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