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Old 07-11-2010, 03:23 AM   #817
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Originally Posted by TGS View Post
Indeed that's right, but it is not clear how claiming that consciousness is an emergent property of the brain explains much - in particular it seems to have a hard time explaining intentionality, how brain states can be "about" something that is not a brain state.
Is it possible to give an example of a brain state being about something that is not a brain state?

I'm probably imagining it to be something it isn't.
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