Consciousness; a radically new theory. Romansh? (Introduction)

by romansh , Saturday, June 27, 2015, 15:05 (3218 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: Agreed. Nobody can explain consciousness, thought etc. My question is: WHAT controls or appears to control these processes? If we subscribe to materialism, we shall have to say the brain controls or appears to control the brain. A dualist will have to say that his immaterial self controls or appears to control his immaterial self. In both cases, consciousness is an unsolved mystery, but without it we can't be “us”, so we can't say “we” use it or it uses “us”. Our consciousness, along with our subconscious and other attributes, IS “us”.
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> I am still a dualist. I control my brain and I control my consciousness. My consciousness is me.-I don't know how to reconcile this statement with panentheism.