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Article 6813 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: bill@nsma.arizona.edu (Bill Skaggs)
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Subject: Re: Consciousness
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Date: 8 Sep 92 02:15:46 GMT
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In-Reply-To: epfaith@sunkist.berkeley.edu's message of 7 Sep 92 03: 08:14 GMT

epfaith@sunkist.berkeley.edu (Edward Paul Faith) writes:

   > Here I want to question whether subjective experience actually
   > occurs in the brain.

	[ . . . ]

   > The result is that an experience does not require simply the
   > brain to exist, but rather requires a combination of the brain
   > plus part of the outside world in order to exist.

   > I would be very grateful for comments.

What do you think about phantom limb experiences?  (These are very
common in amputees; they are sensations -- often including severe pain
-- that seem subjectively to come from the amputated limb.)

	-- Bill


