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What is consciousness?
Margarita Carrión If you say that “consciousness is a property of all matter”, then you should clearly define “consciousness”, because you are not talking in… -
Defining consciousness
Philip van Bergen In trying to arrive at a suitable example of where the study of something not having a specific attribute has led to… -
Consciousness is a question of degree.
Philip van Bergen “Consciousness” is a property of all matter, but is only apparent to us insofar as the matter exhibits free will. Like many… -
Such reasoning isn’t fruitful
Margarita Carrión Mr. Philip van Bergen: I understand from your discussion that since matter is capable of producing consciusness, it must be an intrinsic property… -
The fallacy here is the need to create a substance
Gordon Barker I have always been intrigued with the concept of a soul is linked to consciousness and by implication to self-awareness. Why? If consciousness… -
It is, essentially, a doctrinal statement.
Maarten van den Driest Kanai Lal Das’ Talk Back is another example of an essay that will, sadly, not work. Kanai Lal Das makes two… -
Statements of belief are not the same as evidence
by: Julie DiMauro I am very interested to see how one may determine a plant’s consciousness of self. It is even debatable that such animal… -
Evidence of the Soul
by Kanai Lal Das All living beings, whether plants, animals, or humans, possess consciousness and exhibit it in varying degrees. Consciousness does not arise from… -
The property of consciousness
Philip van Bergen Margarita Carrión says, “If you say that “consciousness is a property of all matter”, then you should clearly define “consciousness”, because you… -
Time to end the consciousness discussion
by JT I think that as the discussion on consciousness seems to be largely definitional, it is reasonable to close the book on it. The…