Regarding a recent article
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 4:15 am
This is regarding the recent article authored by Bernardo Kastrup titled "Consciousness could not have evolved".
https://iai.tv/articles/consciousness-c ... -auid-1302
In that article, it has been stated that materialists try to attribute functions to phenomenal consciousness. Specifically, three common arguments have been cited and have been refuted.
I would like to point out that, recently, I came across another strong argument put forward by scientist Brian Greene which I am reproducing below with its source. He says, "The one that really seems most convincing to me at the moment comes from Michael Graziano at Princeton. He basically says whenever we engage with the world, our brain makes a schematic model of what’s happening in the world because it would burst at the seams if it had to include every single detail of everything that we encountered. So, we have these rough schematic models of everything that we encounter, including a rough schematic model of our own brain. Consciousness, he says, is nothing but the schematic representation that our brain holds of our own awareness."
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... -interview
Personally, I don't agree with Brian Greene because even if he might be true regarding the utility of phenomenal consciousness, he is still unable to explain the nature of qualia itself.
I am posting this message because I would like to hear the viewpoint of Bernardo Kastrup on this particular argument put forward by Brian Greene.
https://iai.tv/articles/consciousness-c ... -auid-1302
In that article, it has been stated that materialists try to attribute functions to phenomenal consciousness. Specifically, three common arguments have been cited and have been refuted.
I would like to point out that, recently, I came across another strong argument put forward by scientist Brian Greene which I am reproducing below with its source. He says, "The one that really seems most convincing to me at the moment comes from Michael Graziano at Princeton. He basically says whenever we engage with the world, our brain makes a schematic model of what’s happening in the world because it would burst at the seams if it had to include every single detail of everything that we encountered. So, we have these rough schematic models of everything that we encounter, including a rough schematic model of our own brain. Consciousness, he says, is nothing but the schematic representation that our brain holds of our own awareness."
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... -interview
Personally, I don't agree with Brian Greene because even if he might be true regarding the utility of phenomenal consciousness, he is still unable to explain the nature of qualia itself.
I am posting this message because I would like to hear the viewpoint of Bernardo Kastrup on this particular argument put forward by Brian Greene.