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To: nightlight7

Exactly to the point of logic. Logical or rational arguments do not work when significant parts of the argument are undefined.

Consciousness is undefined. After that is understood, talking about what it isn’t, saying what it is not using logic is counterproductive. Alan Watts used to talk about what consciousness seems to be, but shining the light back on a flashlight to see how the flashlight illuminates does not yield rational results. It yields “other results”.

The same question is “How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?”

DK


18 posted on 01/29/2015 4:04:03 PM PST by Dark Knight
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To: Dark Knight

The same question is “How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?”

Maybe the question should be, do the angels know they
are dancing on the head of a pin, and would it make
any difference to them?


19 posted on 01/29/2015 4:11:23 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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