Is consciousness physical?

Mael · 11-21-2013, 09:42 PM

@KennyCerealBowl,

Check out these links -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_pr..._consciousness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_problem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_mind
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binding_problem

To answer your question about the two brains problem; you'd be dead, most likely. What constitutes "you" is essentially that - the combination of an insurmountable number of microscopic and macroscopic components.

In other words, the self is a completed puzzle. Ergo, an incomplete puzzle cannot be the self.

You seem to be confused, isolating consciousness as distinct from the body. This is not the case. The body came first, not consciousness.

11-21-2013, 09:42 PM	#22
Mael Almighty Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 580 Battle Record: 2-3 Rep Power: 428844	@KennyCerealBowl, Check out these links - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_pr..._consciousness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_mind http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binding_problem To answer your question about the two brains problem; you'd be dead, most likely. What constitutes "you" is essentially that - the combination of an insurmountable number of microscopic and macroscopic components. In other words, the self is a completed puzzle. Ergo, an incomplete puzzle cannot be the self. You seem to be confused, isolating consciousness as distinct from the body. This is not the case. The body came first, not consciousness.