by Bernard J. Baars | Mar 7, 2022 | conscious brain, Cortex and Consciousness, mindbrain
The Philosophical “Mind-Body” Debate. What is the Fundamental Nature of Reality? Is it Mental or Physical? Technical philosophers go into immense detail to justify their positions on the mind-body problem, but over the last 25 centuries there have only been three main...
by Bernard J. Baars | Jan 7, 2019 | Cortex and Consciousness, mindbrain
“What is the silliest claim ever made? The competition is fierce, but I think the answer is easy. Some people have denied the existence of consciousness: conscious experience, the subjective character of experience, the “what-it-is-like” of experience.” —...