[MD] Consciousness (explained?)

[Steve Peterson]

Hi Platt,

> Personally I view consciousness along the lines of  Ham's "value
> sensibility" (without Ham's metaphysics) or, as I prefer, "aesthetic
> sensibility." I also think of such sensibility as the ground of being
> and creator of the world. Since we are part of that creation, we
> have access to it by means of our brain and nervous system. Thus,
> rather than consciousness stemming from either mind or matter, it
> is both simultaneously,  like language is simultaneously means
> (sounds or letters) and meanings.


I sympathize with this view. If consciousness is "value sensibility"  
we can also think of consciousness as what it is like to BE value.  
And if everything is Quality, then consciousness goes all the way  
down, then we don't need to ask when consciousness emerged. But I  
hate to say such things because it sounds a lot like new-agey  
nonsense. Oh well.

Best,
Steve