Is it weird that this theory of consciousness was, for me, comfortable reading — the sort that immediately “rings bells,” that makes us exclaim to ourselves, with something like secret pride: “Of course! I knew that all along!” ? Does that mean it’s a bad theory?
There is no Cartesian Theater where “you” watch what’s happening in “your brain.”
Even if there was such a part of the brain, it would itself be composed of parts that aren’t entirely conscious, and so none of those parts would alone be “you”. There are no alternatives, besides postulating souls (or elementary particles of consciousness). The latter isn’t quite apriori impossible, but if it’s appealing to you, then you’re doing materialism wrong.
Is it weird that this theory of consciousness was, for me, comfortable reading — the sort that immediately “rings bells,” that makes us exclaim to ourselves, with something like secret pride: “Of course! I knew that all along!” ? Does that mean it’s a bad theory?
Even if there was such a part of the brain, it would itself be composed of parts that aren’t entirely conscious, and so none of those parts would alone be “you”. There are no alternatives, besides postulating souls (or elementary particles of consciousness). The latter isn’t quite apriori impossible, but if it’s appealing to you, then you’re doing materialism wrong.