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Consciousness, philosophy: consciousness ist the experience of differences along with a knowledge about alternatives as opposed to purely automatic responses. See also Intentionality, Identity theory, Other minds, Self-consciousness.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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W. Poundstone on Consciousness - Dictionary of Arguments

I 343f
Consciousness/Leibniz: the consciousness cannot be found in an enlarged head ("Machine").
>G. W. Leibniz
, >Consciousness.
Modern variant: Office building with employees: pleasure and pain are indistinguishable.
I 344
Functionalism/Poundstone: a computer that works just like a human brain, would also have consciousness.
>Artificial consciousness, >Artificial Intelligence, >Functionalism.
Einstein/InfeldVs: this question is like a closed pocket watch: we do not know.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Poundstone I
William Poundstone
Labyrinths of Reason, NY, 1988
German Edition:
Im Labyrinth des Denkens Hamburg 1995


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