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Is Consciousness Definable?
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7-16-2007 5:27 AM
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7-16-2007
5:29 AM
wildcat
“I think we have to be careful not to toss this term around too readily, as though there is such an entity, just because we have a word for it.”
-- Leslie Brothers, M.D.
Psychiatrist, Author
7-16-2007
10:26 AM
enbar
That's a maxim that should be adopted with regard to
lots
of concepts, not just consciousness. I study religion, and I think it goes for religion just as much.
7-16-2007
10:28 AM
wildcat
couldn't have said it better, enbar! well said, thx
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