I've been studying philosophy for about 60 years, and have never stopped studying. Quite frankly I have no use at all for what is taught as, "philosophy," by academics. If what they teach were really philosophy, the world would be better off without it.Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:35 pmAren't you interested in philosophy enough that you at least casually follow what's going on in the field?RCSaunders wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:47 am I'm sorry, I honestly do not understand what, "I'm asking if you think that folks are debating whether consciousness has something to do with consciousness," means. I don't know what others are debating, and I certainly don't know how X could not have anything to do with X, no matter what X is, consciousness or any other concept. I think you may have left something out of that question.
As for the rest, think very few genuine neurologist confuse the behavior of the neurological system with consciousness--that's more of those pseudo-scientific psychologist who try to press the finding of the true science into supporting their latest absurd hypotheses.
Well, don't worry about it. If you believe everything is, "physical," however you choose to define physical, you should find everything can be explained in terms of the physical. If you are wrong, there will always be things which are an enigma, because you accepted a premise that has rejected some evidence. I'm not claiming that's true, only that if it is, you will have a problem.Terrapin Station wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:35 pm ... "all that exists and has the nature it has independently of any human consciousness or knowledge of it" being the conventional usage of "physical" in philosophy.
Perhaps you will discover to your own satisfaction how the physical explains everything. I don't think you will, but have no desire to convince you otherwise. Good luck in your pursuit.