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>From: lcarr@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (lincoln carr)
Subject: Re: definition of consciousness
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In article <4250@novavax.UUCP> gowj@novavax.UUCP (James Gow) writes:
>In article <BxL64n.J2B@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> lcarr@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (lincoln carr) writes:
>>In article <tim.721445310@giaeb> tim@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Tim Roberts) writes:
>>1. That which thinks must exist.
>How do we define think?

I think (ha, ha) that the word "think" is a primitive insofar as it is
ill-definable with other words.  For example, how would one describe
the color red?  One could describe a certain frequency of light or
describe the physical process observed in an eye, but these would not
really describe the experience that one tries to convey when using the
word "red."  



-- 
Lincoln R. Carr, Computer Scientist-Philosopher    lcarr@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
"Treat all rational autonomous moral agents, whether in the form of yourself
or another, never as means solely, but always as ends in themselves."
                  Immanuel Kant, from "Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals"


