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

by dhw, Sunday, July 12, 2015, 13:21 (3421 days ago) @ David Turell

The article David has quoted actually seems to oppose dualism, as it expresses Escola's hope that his models will help to explain "how the brain's biocircuitry lights up to generate sensations and thoughts". (My bold) A hope can hardly constitute evidence, however, and the fact remains that science can only examine the materials; until it can prove that the materials generate consciousness, and explain how, the issue of its source remains open. -NDEs are not the only possible “evidence” for dualism, as many other psychic experiences have provided information inaccessible under normal circumstances and later confirmed by third parties. These experiences are convincing, even if inexplicable, to those who have them, and to those who know and trust the people concerned, or who trust the writers of the reports (for instance, I trust our own BBella). For people who have already prejudged the issue, of whom Romansh is clearly one, such matters do not constitute evidence and are therefore not worth looking into. It goes without saying that I prefer to reserve judgement.-For Romansh: Bearing in mind that all our bodily materials are ephemeral, for consciousness NOT to be “ephemeral”, it would actually have to be immaterial. -Also for Romansh: in my post of Wednesday 8 July at 20:47 I answered all your questions and challenged many of your assumptions. Perhaps you have decided to break off the exchanges rather than answer my own questions and defend your assumptions, but perhaps you didn't see the post.