Proof that consciousness is NOT in the brain
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From: SortingItOut on 3 Jun 2010 22:10 On Jun 3, 6:27 pm, raven1 <quoththera...(a)nevermore.com> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:04:00 -0700 (PDT), Hawkman > > <worldspiri...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >Neuroscientists and other evolutionists teach and write that > >consciousness is simply the synaptic firing in the brain. But that is > >proved to not be the case at all. > > I didn't see any "proof", just 336 lines of assertions. Try again. You're exactly right. No proof at all, just unsupported assertions.
From: Ben Kaufman on 3 Jun 2010 22:52 On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:04:00 -0700 (PDT), Hawkman <worldspirit49(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >I don't reject the idea that the brain is necessary for consciousness; >but I do reject the argument that it is sufficient. In other words, the author concedes that drugs which affect the interaction of these "firing synapses" can affect thinking and emotions but still insists there is magic going on. Ben
From: nuny on 4 Jun 2010 07:55
On Jun 3, 4:04 pm, Hawkman <worldspiri...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Neuroscientists and other evolutionists teach and write that > consciousness is simply the synaptic firing in the brain. But that is > proved to not be the case at all. Um, and the proof is... > We have become too reductive in understanding ourselves, argues > philosopher Alva Noe. Our thoughts and desires are shaped by more than > neurons firing inside our heads. Philosophers don't "prove" things. Mark L. Fergerson |