Re: Peterson's Death Sentence

From: Kevin Aylward (salesEXTRACT_at_anasoft.co.uk)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 06:36:15 GMT

Willem wrote:
> John wrote:

>
> I don't believe you can support both viewpoints simultaneously, so
> when do you suppose you'll waffle back to your earlier so-firmly-held
> belief?
> ----- End quote -----
>
> To paraphrase, the two viewpoints are:
>
> 1 -
> There is a period when something is not conscious, and a period when
> it is.
>
> 2 -
> Conscionsness does not have a threshold.
>
>
> These are not contradictory because, as I have said earlier, the
> existence of the points 'not conscious' and 'conscious' do *not*
> imply that there is a threshold where 'not conscious' suddenly
> becomes 'conscious'; there can also be a gradient somewhere between
> those two points.
>

I made it quite clear in other posts that the area between conscious and
non conscious was very nebulous. I made a statement that, prior to two
months there was no chance of consciousness, and just at birth conscious
was guaranteed. I specifically stated that I couldn't draw a line
between those regions. My view is that consciousness is a gradual
phenomena, with an indeterminate region of grey.

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