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Article 7538 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly)
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Subject: Re: definition of consciousness
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Chris Malcolm writes:
 > In article <tim.720580709@giaeb> tim@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Tim Roberts) writes:
 > 
 > >Consciousness is to the study of the brain what phlogiston is to the study of
 > >combustion.
 > 
 > Because consciousness is not a brain phenomenon. It's a property of a
 > mind-engaged-in-a-world. You'll no more find consciousness in a brain
 > than in an eyeball, although both have useful contributions to make.
 > -- 
 > Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
 > Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
 > 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205

So the big C does not exist? And what of Mind: what's that?

Gordon.
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