Something is making us talk about consciousness. Until we come up with a definition, we really have no business saying that this very real something is a fake version of some undefined ball of vagueness. It’s like saying that trees are just big wooden things pretending to be snumbas. It’s a lot better to just find out what makes us talk about consciousness and say, “Let’s call it consciousness!”
Something is making us talk about consciousness. Until we come up with a definition, we really have no business saying that this very real something is a fake version of some undefined ball of vagueness. It’s like saying that trees are just big wooden things pretending to be snumbas. It’s a lot better to just find out what makes us talk about consciousness and say, “Let’s call it consciousness!”
Well yes. A good definition matters.
Option 2 makes the least sense to me. It should be possible to have consciousness with any kind of computational device.