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>From: burt@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Burt Voorhees)
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Subject: Re: We've Been Tricked- consciousness
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Date: 27 Oct 92 22:13:54 GMT
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Arn't you confusing container and content here?  When people refer to
consciousness, as in describing their consciousness, there is the
issue of intentionality--everybody tends to describe the content of
their consciousness as if it were their consciousness.  But with
regard to consciousness, the lights are either on or off.  There
may, of course, be a dimmer switch...
Problem is, there is still not an adaquate definition of consciousness
so we all go around in circles talking about what _we_ think it is
and wondering why others don't agree.
bv


