Maybe I am hopelessly ill, but I think there is a problem in chapter 7:
"The quest to unravel the mystery of consciousness involves not just defining the term but reconstructing the entire causal chain that leads some people to speak about it, why we utter the word 'con-scious-ness'—to understand why, for example, my lips articulate this word."
Yes, it is possible to explain all the processes in my brain that cause my body to produce the sounds "why I have consciousness," but it will not answer the main question: Why are these processes in the brain happenin... (read more)
Maybe I am hopelessly ill, but I think there is a problem in chapter 7:
"The quest to unravel the mystery of consciousness involves not just defining the term but reconstructing the entire causal chain that leads some people to speak about it, why we utter the word 'con-scious-ness'—to understand why, for example, my lips articulate this word."
Yes, it is possible to explain all the processes in my brain that cause my body to produce the sounds "why I have consciousness," but it will not answer the main question: Why are these processes in the brain happenin... (read more)