Problems with this section; for Frank (Agnosticism)

by David Turell , Sunday, November 22, 2009, 05:32 (5479 days ago) @ Frank Paris

"I have a problem with your statement that consciousness stops with sleep. Are dreams consciousness in some form?"
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> I don't think dreams are generally recognized as part of consciousness. On the contrary, I think the psychologist's convention is to speak of dreams happening when we are unconscious. Dreams are certainly experiences that we have and we can remember our experiences, but not all of our experiences happen in our consciousness.-
What if I bring up the issue of lucid dreaming? Richard Feynman was famous for this weird item as well as his brilliant mind. By definition we are then aware that we are dreaming and can manage the dream. Most people if they train, can do this. I haven't, out of disinterest, but I certainly am not sure consciousness disappears with dreaming. If one defines consciousness, specifically, as aware that we are aware, then I might agree.