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They are part of a pain pleasure spectrum. It is an emotional gradient. I have a theory of consciousness here if you wish to read more. :up:

Absolutely! At every moment we have an emotional state that corresponds to the information creating our consciousness at any given time. The emotional...

I found your website - very nice. There is a typo in point 4, consciousness, evolution, and four ideas. You are an enemy dualist, but I come in peace ...

I know what you mean. I just stay focused on the philosophy. I think the trick is to try to keep it fairly impersonal and reasonable. Its difficult to...

There are good people here. Very good thinkers who are worth staying for. I have learnt a lot in my short time here. Don't let a few bad apples spoil ...

I agree entirely, and would add. Ideas form beliefs, beliefs form belief systems, and belief systems form a sanity. If this is threatened, the emotion...

Yes it is . I have a philosophical take on it hereI would appreciate you opinion if you find the time. Re the topic at hand. I don't know what can be ...

I'll try again. A highly emotional state will illicit a highly emotional response. Not that it is a justified response, but it is a typically human re...

The difficulty, as I see it, is in separating emotion from reason. Reasonable discussion requires a levelheadedness, which can not be experienced in t...

I totally agree with and empathize with your position - but you can see the difficulty?

:up: A) Some dinosaurs are people B) All people are dinosaurs D No dinosaurs are not people = dinosaurs are people that leaves C as the one that dose ...

This is difficult, as only a philosophical zombie could argue unemotionally, but they wouldn't argue or do anything for that matter, as they would hav...

I think it is philosophy's role to explore and introduce new ideas. I think it is easy to forget that the philosophers we quote and reference today we...

Thanks for taking an interest, I think neuroscience is dong a great job of mapping the brain so I steered clear of computational aspects of consciousn...

I've tried to put things together so as to explain how emotion provides impetus to behavior. The theory would seem to predict that we can have greater...

Sorry i had something to attend to. I believe that is true - once we become aware of it, all the more so. Reason is still evolving and it may be more ...

This is true, but there is a system of information processing going on that is independent to some extent. We also are constrained in our ability to c...

Hi, Your theory states that some animals are conscious, but not others. I wonder where you drew the line? How and why ? I also have a theory of consci...

This is the typical nonsensical cliched response - kindly articulate how chemical stimuli processes information? There is information processing going...

In this instance it is you who are hitting the space bar, and initiating a programmed mechanistic process. Conscious creatures process information ind...

Red blood cells are the only human cells that lack DNA, so not conscious . White blood cells however are a whole different story. They act independent...

exactly - it senses the presence of something and reacts appropriately. How do you sense without consciousness? Of course there is biochemistry going ...

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It was from a thread I was going to post, but I noticed this. Please translate your comment?

Neither. I am consciousness - trumps them both. :cool:

I will check out your version. My version also varies from the mainstream view, there is too much to unload here, but I believe the laws of physics de...

Information is absolutely fundamental. Information entangles energy to create matter, and subsequently all that the matter can do is express this info...

This is a difficult question to contain to a short post. Emotions are an element of consciousness, and my best bet is that consciousness exists on a s...

Empiricism dose not acknowledge emotions role in experience whatsoever. In light of the philosophical zombie argument, where emotion is essential to c...

We are talking about empiricism. Back then they did not know about the Philosophical zombie argument. They didn't understand that emotion is an essent...

An elephant on your work desk would initially cause you surprise. Your initial reaction would be emotional. This needs to be taken into account. Emoti...

This would be ok for a description of a philosophical zombie, but real people have emotions. Wouldn't surprise be your immediate reaction? The Bayesia...

I would agree, and would add that we are born with emotion - the essential ingredient of experience! It seems DNA information contributes substantiall...

This is interesting. If will provides impetus, then what provides impetus to will? What I meant was that a mental state of intense concentration on th...

Perhaps Schopenhauer would have benefited from an understanding of mindfulness? :smile: All kidding aside , it is an interesting topic in that total a...

I totally agree, and think perhaps this is why the thoughtless but experienced moment is so pleasant. :up:

I do not mean to give the impression that I live every moment without thought - LOL! But when its possible, I've learnt to enjoy the moment.

Wow that is quite a list - brilliant! I try to take the eastern approach and live in the moment as much as possible. The moment, with no regrets of th...

As is obvious from the variety of responses to the OP, reality is a variable mental construct. My approach is to try to understand it from the point o...

Exactly. If we accept dark matter and energy as something real, then we are aware of about 15% of the universe. Have you ever played Age of Empires wh...

Your reality may well consist of things like that. Mine also takes into account the nature of the universe.

We do not know the nature of reality. There is simply not enough information to draw a conclusion.But not being one to allow such trifling considerati...

There is a vast difference in what can exist in mind and what can exist in the real world. Basic relational theory states that something can exist onl...

— Pop What you call “Tristan’s ideas” are actually mental instances of ideas, and these exist in my consciousness.— Tristan L Exactly.Tristan's mental...

It seems what you are asking is what is creativity? The short answer is that consciousness is creativity. The long answer is a theory of consciousness...

You seem to think ideas exist in the ether, and that they are not tied to a consciousness ground, and not subject to evolutionary principles. You seem...

The notion that all ideas have always existed as actual possibilities is illogical. Ideas can only exist relative to a consciousness. A consciousness ...

Creativity: Random or deterministic? Invention or discovery? Discovery suggests the absence of creativity, and this is incoherent as something must ca...

We have to start with experience - the emotional aspect of consciousness - as that is what creates our consciousness - what distinguishes us from zomb...

If we cant trust experience, then what can we trust?