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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._____________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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Richard Dawkins on Consciousness - Dictionary of Arguments
I 103 Consciousness/brain/Dennett: (according to Dawkins) The brain works with a software that is designed to create the illusion of sequential data processing (the "consciousness stream"). However, this is missing in most animals. I 103 Gene/brain/Dawkins: The reason why genes cannot directly control our behavior like with marionette cords is time delay. The genes control protein synthesis: this is effective but slow. Behavior: is, on the other hand, very fast. I 110 Consciousness/Dawkins: Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain simulates the world so completely that this simulation must contain a model of its own ((s) of the simulation, for every simulation is indeed a model of the world). Dawkins: Why is there not a model of the model, etc.?_____________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. |
Da I R. Dawkins The Selfish Gene, Oxford 1976 German Edition: Das egoistische Gen, Hamburg 1996 Da II M. St. Dawkins Through Our Eyes Only? The Search for Animal Consciousness, Oxford/New York/Heidelberg 1993 German Edition: Die Entdeckung des tierischen Bewusstseins Hamburg 1993 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19