PHIL 346 Lecture 28: PHIL-346,University of Arizona,Readings(p28)

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Philosophy Main
• Course: PHIL 346
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Thesis - an acceptance of inner processes (private introspection) does not entail dualism and that the thesis that consciousness is a process of the brain cannot be dismissed on logical grounds. Defends consciousness is a process of the brain in the sense that cognition statements are analysable into statements about behavior. Is of definition vs. is of composition. Those who contend consciousness is a brain process base their claim on the mistaken assumption that if the meanings of two statements or expressions are unconnected, they cannot provide an adequate characterization of the same object/state of affairs. Logical independence of expressions is used to bolster the argument that consciousness cannot logically be a process of the brain. Paralleling lightning is a motion of metric charges to consciousness is a brain process.