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| Nov 22, 2023 at 9:49 | comment | added | Meanach | Sorry for the ambiguity. I find Leibniz's Principle very useful. The article you cite poses a question. I find the idea that consciousness is an illusion patently absurd. Starting from first principles, I can see that this is not so. Some philosophers have said that illusion in this context has a special meaning. One is that consciousness is discontinuous. So what? This does not constitute an illusion. I think that the idea is akin to the Emperor's New Clothes. My position is that consciousness is fundamental, real, and useful. | |
| Nov 22, 2023 at 9:35 | comment | added | user2808054 | Hi - re this sentence :"I find this proposal absurd and useless. " - did you mean Leibniz's Principle of Indistinguishables is absurd, or the proposal of the article I references is absurd? Thanks for the answer & references | |
| Nov 15, 2023 at 21:31 | history | answered | Meanach | CC BY-SA 4.0 |