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On the definition of 'consciousness' you are using, we are in complete agreement. Rocks are unconscious in that sense. This definition entails the pos...

The medical definition talks about levels of responsiveness in humans. The definition is in terms of behaviour, and we assume that these behaviours ar...

The degrees given in scales like these refer to differences in content, not in consciousness in the sense that the OP means it. EDIT: What I said ^ is...

It's not novel. It's roughly the first sense listed at dictionary.com: "the state of being conscious; awareness of one's own existence, sensations, th...

Oh, I see. I think you both have a point. I'd like materialists to keep working on it, even though I suspect they will not find the solution they are ...

Setting out arguments always makes them seem more complicated than they are. I just quite like doing it. My point is just that in the sense of 'consci...

Some of them agree with RogueAI. His view does not stand in opposition of to the views of the overwhelming majority of academics studying consciousnes...

Let's set out the reductio: 1) Quarks are conscious (panpsychist thesis as target for reductio) (assumption) 2) If quarks are conscious then they can ...

I share your perception/intuition. I don't think it does make sense. To my mind, nothing is any more conscious than anything else. Consciousness does ...

Yes, such endless discussion is not optional on a philosophy forum, it is mandatory. If you just express opinions without any engagement with argument...

The OP isn't, it's consciousness in general. Yes, but that only evidences something about humans. And it's not completely clear what theory this evide...

You've given the two main options here. In your first two sentences you have identified consciousness with content. And in the last you have described...

They change what you experience, of course. And we can call the content of consciousness 'states' of consciousness. But this sheds no light on what th...

Why? Why?

How do you know that?

That's not supervenience

The definition of consciousness is different from the definition of experience. We can change our experiences and our identity by altering our brains,...

jorndoe What would an idealist say in response to your critique?

It is a worry.

There goes identity, not consciousness

By 'feel consciously' do you mean 'undergo an experience'?

Really? So get a newborn, poke it with a sharp stick, does it feel anything?

Physicalism regarding consciousness is the view that consciousness is real, and it is physical. Eliminativism is the view that consciousness is not re...

I'd love to hear an actual answer to this.

Soon we're going to start talking about definitions.

Indeed, if a panspychist said that I too would disagree with them. Who says this though?

Of course they are exclusionary, by definition. Functionalism, for example, excludes eliminativism. Functionalism says that consciousness exists and i...

3:15 to 7:05 maybe for an intro to the idea. Continue to 15:00 if you like. Basically the first fifteen minutes gives an overview. https://www.youtube...

Neither of those. Have you watched the video I linked to at the start of the thread?

Ok, that's good, thanks. I am bert1 Is this a necessary or contingent truth? (Banno will like this) If "I" (when spoken by bert1) just means "bert1" t...

I don't think the question is about why we are the way we are. That question may well be answerable by reference to experience and DNA, environment, c...

That's one possibility, I'm not sure it's the right one and I'm not sure it actually answers the OP even if it is right. But I'm interested in why you...

Yes, I think it might be. But not about the causation of bert1 - that is independent of the question of why I am bert 1, that is to say, why an I look...

I'm not sure why I am bert1 rather than someone else

Hah! Well, that would be a bonus, but it is not the intention. This stuff fries my brain, I find it very hard to think about. I think this is the hard...

I don't think so, no. Consciousness is an essential prerequisite for an experience. If I'm conscious, it means I'm capable of experience. Exactly what...

Yes, but what determines which one you are?

I can't speak for other panpsychists, but I don't think experiences, or qualia, are objects, so as far as that is concerned I agree with you. I think ...

Yes, we should probably stop talking about bananas. I was hoping the OP would return and give us some guidance about what we should be arguing about. ...

If I'm in a room with a ten other people, and I'm not sure which one I am, I don't have to study everyone's DNA, or any of the other things that make ...

I don't see the asymmetry.

Banno, did you miss out Paul's first person experience B?

But unless the banana is conscious, there is no asymmetry (that is relevant to this issue anyway) between one banana and another, and this banana can ...

I think you are answering the question: "What makes someone the way they are?" I don't think that is the question @bizso09 is asking. I think the ques...

What does the word 'aware' in this sentence mean? It can't mean 'conscious' because you're implying that awareness exists but saying that consciousnes...

Yes, human experience requires a functioning human, just as canine experience requires a functioning dog, snail experience requires a functioning snai...

They'd want to say it because they think it's true, presumably what you mean is that you can't think why anyone would think it was true that a rock wa...

Yes, but there is little value in saying things that people can interpret to fit their own view if what you intend to do is disagree with them. But ma...

Because they think it is true, presumably. Things that seem strange sometimes turn out to be true. Then after a while it doesn't seem strange any more...