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You have my attention. Please elaborate upon the connection. Thanks.

Being is an English language present participle (i.e., present tense verbal form used as an adjective) which refers to something that actually exists....

I previously noted one relevant fact: consciousness exists. Criterial evidence: the conscious behaviour of animals. From this: 1) What are some exampl...

In resolving conceptual questions, fact should be the starting point for Philosophy. It is the remit of Science, not Philosophy, to establish fact. Th...

Cheers.

Fair enough. Thanks. So, just to clarify: it's "mind" which is "the creative force that permeates the universe"? And do all living organisms have mind...

If so, do you have an answer for the OP (i.e., "how one can logically go from inanimate matter to conscious agency")?

Definitions aren't labels. What is "the creative force that permeates the universe"?

Is this your definition of consciousness? And is it a panpsychist conception?

Thanks for the link. Javra has mentioned similar research in previous posts. I'm not sure whether the explanations offered are analogous or metaphoric...

I would say that sentence is meaningless because I connected awareness with mental (i.e., mind) experiences, not with brains. In any case, you are cor...

I agree. It's obvious to me that plants and bacteria are at least responsive to their environments. But are plants sensitive in that they have mental ...

Another good question. Answer: No. But since it doesn't cost much to establish the fact that not only conscious, but also semi-conscious and non-consc...

Good question. Given the following tentative definitions: 1) Conscious: fully responsive and fully aware. 2) Responsive: receptive and/or reactive. 3)...

And as viewed apart from space and time. Both immanent and transcendent. Perhaps immanently perfect because also transcendent?

ego eimi (Greek present tense): continuous self existence. Conscious agency (i.e., creative power)?

The subject is pansemiosis, not semiosis. Sorry, I'm not interested in playing word games. Enjoy yourself!

What are you not understanding?

Most scientists should be "into" complete explanations which transcend spatiotemporal domains. Since human beings are natural, living, psychophysical ...

Good point. Quite plausible. I agree with Hoffman to this extent: conscious agency is a creative power and fact of human nature. I agree. To address h...

Lower levels of description always underdetermine higher levels. Newell, A. (1990). Unified theories of cognition. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University P...

Thanks for your careful reply. Surely, even a process can be defined. And the value of defining consciousness lies in the fact that it is the topic of...

Donald Hoffman has a religious background. So, I think that Conscious Realism only works as part of a theological system. What I find interesting abou...

Your scientific knowledge base is (at least) extensive, and your scientific understanding is, in many respects, profound. So, I suspect that you are m...

Why always retreat to pansemiosis as if it were some type of panacea when it is apparently only capable of defining conscious experience as a feeling,...

So, mind is a feeling? Is this a general definition of mind, or just a definition of human mind?

It's true that if brain anatomy has been injured, or brain physiology is not functioning normally, psychological function will also be abnormal. That ...

This is an engaging introduction to semiotics, written by an acknowledged leader in the field (cheers, darthbarracuda): Sebeok, Thomas A. (2001). Sign...

It's a fair question. I have obviously not used the term "dual aspect" as it is traditionally used in philosophy of mind, but have applied it to Arist...

Yes. That is the debate within the semiotics community apokrisis and I have been referring to. http://biosemiosis.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/re-pan-and-bi...

Incorrect. Dual aspect monism: form+matter=substance (i.e., genetic predisposition plus living matter produces a living being having a set of powers)....

I don't see a gap to bridge. Your equation is an expression of Aristotle's form (species-specific genetic predisposition to develop and exercise a par...

Because it works?

Bohm2 mentioned Hoffman in a post on the old site about 15-18 months ago, complete with a link to a fascinating YouTube video where Hoffman demonstrat...

Psychophysical unity makes sense to me; some might call it dual aspect monism. But what is sentience? A capacity for sensation? And what is sensation?...

I agree. Of course, most are aware that the global economy is currently experiencing an engineered "prosperity" which will be subjected to a natural c...

It would be a useful public policy tool to have a model which predicts the optimal number and type (age range, religion, academic and professional qua...

The largest and most complex type of human social group is the stratified society, which is composed of nested complex systems (e.g., political, econo...

How is the tag example oddly individualistic? If the problem is presented in terms of game theory, isn't it applicable to many types of behaviour (inc...

Good point. But, if a learning game, then not applicable to political economy?

I agree. I think each boy decides what type of game it is, and how they will play it, before the game even begins. I think any game which doesn't have...

Is temperament correlated with motivation?

Thanks for the clarification. Inasmuch as the game of tag you described is a display of aggression (specifically, dominance) by an individual, the sit...

And this: "The shift from Newtonian determinism to statistical science is what makes a physics of society possible." - Philip Ball (Critical Mass, 200...

It's social-ethical behaviour; so, analogous to many (if not most, or all) instances of social group dynamics (e.g., a philosophy forum). Or, consider...

If you're genuinely interested, read the referenced book carefully. I don't have time to explain the same thing 10 different ways. Good luck!

It never seemed like a game to me; blood sport, yes. Neural atypicality seems to be an advantage.

"Mind" is the name of a verbal concept which can be described as: the set of faculties exercised by a psychophysical being which produce natural and a...

I agree. Generally, the cause of motivation is dissatisfaction. Specifically, dissatisfaction due to: 1) Negative affect produced by unpleasant sensat...

In my current conception: 1) The domain of Cognitive Psychology explains natural behaviour. 2) The domain of Social Psychology explains acculturated b...