Is our consciousness an attribute of self?

[Mentat]

Originally posted by Canute
What?

A computer is created directly, and it is programmed to respond only to external data - it doesn't work unless someone is "using" it...that's the primary difference.

I give up. Are you so determined to avoid the facts that you can't even see the glaring fallacy in this paragraph?

I'm sorry. The paragraph may be disregarded; it was simply a reference to the fact that animal consciousness doesn't seem nearly so distant from a computer's processing as human consciousness does to a typical philosopher of the mind.

 

[Canute]

Originally posted by Mentat
A computer is created directly, and it is programmed to respond only to external data - it doesn't work unless someone is "using" it...that's the primary difference.

Ok. It's only one of the differences, but it is an important one.

I'm sorry. The paragraph may be disregarded; it was simply a reference to the fact that animal consciousness doesn't seem nearly so distant from a computer's processing as human consciousness does to a typical philosopher of the mind. [/B]

I'm tempted to say that you shouldn't extrapolate from just your own case.