Consciousness [REDUX]

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The March 27, 2017 issue of The New Yorker has a profile by Joshua Rothman of philosopher Daniel Dennett, who I mentioned here, at this blog, when his newest book, From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds was reviewed in The New York Review of Books March 9, 2017. [Ufocon, February 25, 2017]

Dennett thinks consciousness is an illusion. The NYRB review by Thomas Nagel gave a sentient overview of Dennett’s views whereas The New Yorker piece is more of a personal profile, as is the magazine’s wont, than a presentation of the argument(s) in the philosophy departments of academia about consciousness, but you will get a flavor of the ongoing consciousness debates extant.

You can find the extensive New Yorker piece online, and I hope you do as it impacts the UFO topic in an askance way.

UFOs may be “real” but only in the sense that persons perceive them, not that they actually exist in a tangible way.

That consciousness is materialistic, as Dennett proposes, UFOs may be also, but like consciousness, they may be illusionary too.

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