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Name: A Stone May Be Conscious
ID: m14452
Language: English (en-gb)
Summary: This work attempts to demonstrate the significant possibility (as contrast to the superhyperbolic or the least possibility) in an apparently inanimate thing, like a stone, being conscious. According to the semi-idealistic framework of the NSTP (Non – Spatial Thinking Process) theory, any spatial, and therefore illusive/virtual, entity may have (real non-spatial) feelings/states of consciousness associated with it, provided it has an appropriate conceptual representation in the superhuman engine. A stone, for example, being an apparently spatial entity, may have conceptual representation in the superhuman mind/NSTPs/engine so as to be conscious. Thus, it may be that a broken stone feels pain till its death and then its pieces become conscious. The kind/type of states of consciousness associated with a stone depends entirely upon the kind/type of conceptual representation it has in the superhuman engine.
Subject: Humanities
Keywords: Stone, Inanimate, Conscious, Consciousness, Semi-Idealism, NSTP Theory, Spatial, Illusive, Virtual, Real, Non-Spatial, Feelings, States of Consciousness, Conceptual, Superhuman, Mind, NSTPs, Engine, Broken, Pain, Death, Pieces, Type
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Kedar Joshi (superultramodern@gmail.com)
Copyright Holders: Kedar Joshi (superultramodern@gmail.com)
Maintainers: Kedar Joshi (superultramodern@gmail.com)
Version: 1.1 (history)
Created: Apr 16, 2007 1:05 am GMT-5
Revised: Apr 16, 2007 1:07 am GMT-5

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Version: 1.1 Apr 16, 2007 1:07 am GMT-5 by Kedar Joshi
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