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Article 7423 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: frank@Cookie.secapl.com (Frank Adams)
Subject: Re: We've Been Tricked- consciousness
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In article <Bwsz2F.68J@nic.umass.edu> danco@titan.ucc.umass.edu (DANIEL F COHEN) writes:
>I can't conceive of any such thing as partial self-awareness. It might be
>argued that an entity might not be fully self-aware in that he does not
>know and understand every aspect of his consciousness (as is certainly
>the case with human beings), or that he is mistaken as to the nature of
>his own consciousness (as is also very likely the case with humans), but, 
>in either case, he is still self-aware.

Consider the case where the entity knows and understands very little of its
consciousness.  In extreme cases, it becomes hard to tell whether what it is
aware of is, in fact, its consciousness.

Can you conceive of being partially awake?


