[ExI] What is Consciousness?

[Gordon Swobe]

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 12:21 AM Jason Resch <jasonresch at gmail.com> wrote:

Intentionality was popular for a time, but I think it's fallen out of favor
> recently.
>

I have no idea why or what that could possibly mean. Intentionality is
having something in mind. You are reading this sentence and presumably have
it in mind, so you have intentionality.


> I tend to agree with Dennett here:
>

I'm not surprised. Most people who disagree with me agree with Dennett. :-)

 > We don't even understand [consciousness] "in humans"...

I am saying that we do understand it. It is primary and staring us in the
face every waking moment. Too bad philosophers have made a mess of
it, especially those straining logic and reason to promote the idea that
digital computers can have consciousness.

-gts
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