A Stone May Be Conscious Export

@inbook{citeulike:1222613, abstract = {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.}, author = {Joshi, Kedar}, booktitle = {Superultramodern Science and Philosophy}, citeulike-article-id = {1222613}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://demoprints3.eprints.org/414/}, keywords = {broken, conceptual, conscious, consciousness, death, engine, feelings, illusive, inanimate, mind, non-spatial, nstp, nstps, of, pain, pieces, real, semi-idealism, spatial, states, stone, superhuman, theory, type, virtual}, month = {December}, posted-at = {2007-04-12 18:18:10}, priority = {5}, publisher = {Red Lead Press}, title = {A Stone May Be Conscious}, url = {http://demoprints3.eprints.org/414/}, year = {2005} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:1222613 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1222613 N2 - 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. TI - A Stone May Be Conscious PB - Red Lead Press T2 - Superultramodern Science and Philosophy KW - broken KW - conceptual KW - conscious KW - consciousness KW - death KW - engine KW - feelings KW - illusive KW - inanimate KW - mind KW - non-spatial KW - nstp KW - nstps KW - of KW - pain KW - pieces KW - real KW - semi-idealism KW - spatial KW - states KW - stone KW - superhuman KW - theory KW - type KW - virtual AU - Joshi, Kedar PY - 2005/12// UR - http://demoprints3.eprints.org/414/ ER -