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Metzinger et al.’s ability to describe the phenomenon-self model, consciousness, the Ego, and the external world model in a way that is “easily” understandable to the layman is incredible. By page 15 he has already broken down our understanding of consciousness and the ways in which we cease to experience the external world every night. In dreamless sleep, we simply do not know that we exist, the ego is nothing
— Feb 20, 2025 10:36AM
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From the time of René Descartes (1596-1650), however, the philosophical interpretation of conscientia simply as high-order knowledge of mental states began to predominate. It has to do with certainty; in an important sense, consciousness is knowing THAT you know WHILE you know.
— Feb 25, 2025 10:10AM
