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Originally Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos  As usual, each step of consciousness that evolved had survival value, until we reached the current state of affairs. |
Maybe so, but I don't think you can name the many theoretically
physical steps leading to mental like consciousness coming to exist, as it does in humans, with each supposedly only a survival advantage to a physical reality. Paul, you cannot rule out we are evolving invisibly too and that some invisible senses beyond our purely physical senses are also having evolutionary benefits from interacting with matter. For example by the brain filtering past memory of ourselves (and others) and by filtering telepathy, is rather like the birth of a new individualized identity and our consciousness/minds could be splitting like cells do too
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Libertarian free will is a different topic. Libertarian free will is an incoherent concept. Feel free  to start a thread on it.
My brain may make some decisions nonconsciously, but once they are made I know about them. Then I can ponder them and, with my feeling of will, decide that I should do something different next time, or reinforce the current action, or leave town. There is a giant feedback loop.
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What about .....
'...My consciousness makes some decisions, but once they are in my external memory, I know them . Then I can ponder them and, with my feeling of will, decide that I should do something different next time or reinforce the current action or leave town. There is a giant feedback loop between consciousness and memory via a brain filter...'
Hehe