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Originally Posted by David Aren't there other possibilities? For example, simpler consciousnesses that come together to form what we know as the human mind. |
Which would require a mechanism.
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As we have discussed, physics has retreated from giving a truly satisfying explanation of phenomena - perhaps at some level - maybe lower than the whole human mind - consciousness is not decomposable. I don't think it can be a 'mechanism underlying consciousness' because if there were, we would be back with the standard physicalist setup.
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So your "simpler consciousnesses" form human consciousness without any underlying mechanism for doing so?
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My point is that saying that consciousness may ultimately be irreducible doesn't mean there might not be a lot of interesting things to discover before we got there.
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Agreed.
~~ Paul