If consciousness remains unexplained by materialist theories, we are entitled to conclude, at least provisionally, that it is not a material phenomenon.
Tag: Antonio Damasio
At Mind Matters News: Neuroscientist: Even viruses are intelligent in some sense
Researchers who study viruses, including the one that causes COVID, note similarities between viral strategies and those of insects and animals.
At Mind Matters News: Neuroscientist: Nervous systems alone do not cause consciousness
One-celled intelligence aside, it’s unclear how Antonio Damasio’s ladder of consciousness, built on self-balancing and death avoidance, gets us the human mind.