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Re:Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about panpsychism by asdfasgasdgasdg on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @09:55AM (#22045211)
I can generally agree that something like consciousness exists, because I seem to be experiencing it. The test of that fact is ongoing, as I type these words, and it continues to be true. I suspect, based on the fact that other people act like me and all also claim to be conscious, that they are having internal experiences similar to mine, although I can't know for sure.

So I don't agree that consciousness in general can't be tested for. We can test our own consciousness, and we can use induction to guess that at least other humans are experiencing something similar.

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Re:Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about panpsychism by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @10:07AM (#22045336)
But you can't measure it objectively. You can't tell me that other people have consciousness, you just assume it is true because they seem to be like you. You have no mechanism for determining the limits of your assumption and indeed past societies have drawn the line in even narrower constraints than "human".
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Re:Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about panpsychism by asdfasgasdgasdg on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @10:19AM (#22045492)
> you just assume it is true because they seem to be like you

A minor, but important point. I don't assume it's true. I just think it is more likely than not.

I suppose that the philosopher I'm talking about could say the same of their theory. And I guess that's OK, if all they're claiming is that this is something that seems likely. My only response to that would be that his induction is prima facie questionable to me.

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