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Old 11-30-2007, 08:23 PM
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Paul C. Anagnostopoulos is offline
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Originally Posted by Tor
Another way to express what I mean by consciousness being beyond logic is that it is something fundamental, not reducible. That which everything else I know is built on. All I know may be fake, everything around me may be illusions. Every sense impressions I get may be a trick. But my consciousness is real. It is the one thing I can not doubt. It just is.
But that does not mean that it is irreducible. Perhaps your consciousness is being generated in your head by aliens.

Also, what do you mean that your sense impressions may be a trick, but your consciousness is real? If that is true, I can enumerate every single aspect of what you call consciousness and state that it is a trick. Your sense impressions, your qualia, your emotions, etc., etc.: they are all tricks.

~~ Paul
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