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- From: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Subject: Re: What is conciousness?
- Message-ID: <7NTHuB3w165w@kalki33>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 10:46:29 EST
- References: <1992Nov14.001225.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
- Reply-To: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
- Organization: Kalki's Infoline BBS, Aiken, SC, USA
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- kmagnacca@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
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- > > Ok. Then what is the (talk.)origin of consciousness? Of course, first we
- > > will need to decide what consciousness is.
- >
- > Sorry, this is still a metaphysical question. This is a forum for
- > the discussion of the origins of life, not of consciousness, and as
- > you stated, life is not consciousness.
-
- Ok. What is the (talk.)origin of life? Of course, first we will need to
- decide what life is. So, tell us your definition of life and then
- explain how this definition accounts for consciousness. Any definition
- of life must account for all the properties of life, and one of those
- properties is consciousness, is it not?
-
- > >> [example of replacing boards in a ship deleted]
- > >
- > > The name of the ship is whatever its proprietor names it. Since you call
- > > it Theseus' ship, then Theseus can give you an authoritative answer.
- >
- > The question he was asking was "is it still the same ship," not
- > "is the name of the ship the same."
-
- By his own perfectly candid admission it was a "trick" question.
- Therefore we gave a "trick" answer. Do you like our answer?
-
- Sincerely,
- Kalki "Abba, Dabba, Dooooooo!" Dasa
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