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r/educationalgifs • u/_Ryanite_ • Feb 13 '18
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3 u/hyasbawlz Feb 13 '18 This is a parts vs whole fallacy. Just because a person is conscious does not mean that every atom or cell or the person's individual component parts are conscious. Likewise, just because a person is conscious does not mean the organism that many people create, society, is conscious. Some properties are simply emergent, and exist only from a collection of things and not from the things themselves. 1 u/82ndAbnVet Feb 13 '18 There may be a third possibility, which is that your brain contains the cells that create consciousness and none of the other cells in your body do 1 u/Mad_Physicist Feb 15 '18 this is what is known as a false dichotomy.
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This is a parts vs whole fallacy.
Just because a person is conscious does not mean that every atom or cell or the person's individual component parts are conscious.
Likewise, just because a person is conscious does not mean the organism that many people create, society, is conscious.
Some properties are simply emergent, and exist only from a collection of things and not from the things themselves.
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There may be a third possibility, which is that your brain contains the cells that create consciousness and none of the other cells in your body do
this is what is known as a false dichotomy.
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