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Politics : Evolution
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (12742)1/18/2011 1:44:09 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (2) of 69300
 
I wonder if these same authors would also trivialize love and laughter. Perhaps consciousness can be reduced to neural machinery. Imo that does not reduce its value as a concept. The authors in the links you provided are saying that consciousness is not a prime trait but a consequential one. Imo to extend this to the idea that consciousness does not exist (implied by your form of non-recognition) is an overreach; essentially materialist jesuitry.

Consciousness, like love or laughter, is an idea with immediate and universal intuitive appeal. While I am sure that love and laughter can be reduced ad absurdum, I fail to see the value in doing so.
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