Posted: Nov 25, 2014 12:38 pm
GrahamH wrote:kennyc wrote:Willie as far as being a passenger in our bodies.....my belief is that it is literally true. Consciousness is simply one of the brain's processes which has evolved as a feedback system from awareness to provide a competitive advantage.
That would be 'literally false' then. The brain is not the 'passenger', it is part of the body, so 'brain's processes' are 'body processes'. Judging your position from your previous posts you should reject any notion of of being a separate mind riding in a body.
Your interpretation is clearly not what I said. But it does shed light on your confusion about brain/mind. A process (whether body or mind) is not the body or mind itself but a result of its activity.
Consciousness is not the brain, it is a process that takes place in the brain.
Memory is not the brain, it is a process that takes place in the brain.
Respiration is not the body, but a process that takes place in the body.
Digestion is not the body, but a process that takes place in the body.
etc.
etc.
etc.
If you think of consciousness as a process it is something distinct from other processes as well as distinct from its specific environment (the brain) this makes it literally true in being a 'passenger' in the brain/body.