Consciousness and the Paranormal — Part 5

[Constance]

One more extract, from note 3 in Doyon's paper concerning Husserl's thought:

"As lived-experiences, sensations are conscious, but they are not intentional inasmuch as they have no content (they are about
nothing); they still contribute to establish the intentional moment of experience, however, since they are said to found the intentional apprehension. For a detailed analysis of Husserl's foundational model of perception, see Doyon (2011)."

Note that sensations nevertheless become available to intentional consciousness as soon as/when we react/respond to them. ETA: How soon does that passage begin to occur in the experienced, lived, reality of primordial organisms? Isn't that a question we need to ponder in the attempt to understand what consciousness is, including what protoconsciousness is? Is intentionality borne through evolution out of an inchoate intentionality in the affectivity and responsiveness of primordial organisms?

ETA: So we need to ask 'what is the content of experience -- prereflectively and reflectively?', as Doyon does.

 

[Constance]

I wrote the following to @Pharoah"

This paragraph summarizes your own interpretation of how consciousness is grounded, seeded, in living organisms. I think it would be useful for the purposes of your paper's publication if you also explored and recognized opposing interpretations, esp in phenomenological philosophy and in Panksepp's research, forthrightly contrasting your interpretation with these others.

Pharoah, I think that doing so would make for a very powerful paper. It would become longer in the process, but I think there are consciousness journals that might well find it irresistible as a candidate for publication.

 

[Soupie]

As an aside try this too, get a pot of water hot and then intend to bring it to the boiling point with your intention, just a pure intention, dont imagine a laser beam coming out of your head or anything else, just the sheer intent to make the water boil ... THIS IS AN IMAGINATIVE EXPERIENCE ... but when the water boils you can see the sense that you made it happen form, you could say this is how people get superstitious (watch a MLB pitcher at work) ... but it's very interesting to watch it and you'll never look at a pot of water the same. There is a kind of tangible intention that goes from you to the pot that is not physical.

"when the water boils you can see the sense that you made it happen form, you could say this is how people get superstitious..."

Or that the same process is at play when the sense of free will arises?

 

[Gene Steinberg]

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