IMV, thought, sensation and perception are brain processes, but the only mental process is thought.
Awareness is what knows or experiences brain processes. Empty space is only aware of itself, awareness. (I'm not defining empty space in the same way that a physicalist/materialist would though). In the case of a life form, awareness also knows other experience. In the case of a fly, it knows the proximity of your fly swatter. In the case of a plant, it's aware of light and other a lot of other stuff. There is a lot of material about plant awareness, here is one short article.
But the main difference in our views is that in my view, awareness is not a mental process - a mental process means a process of the mind, and in my view, this is only the current thought, which we conceptualize as 'mind'.
Also, consciousness is the same as awareness. A fly is aware of the proximity of your fly swatter means the same thing as the fly is conscious of the proximity of your fly swatter. "Are you aware of your experience right now?" "Are you conscious of your experience right now?" They're the same.
Awareness is what knows or experiences brain processes. Empty space is only aware of itself, awareness. (I'm not defining empty space in the same way that a physicalist/materialist would though). In the case of a life form, awareness also knows other experience. In the case of a fly, it knows the proximity of your fly swatter. In the case of a plant, it's aware of light and other a lot of other stuff. There is a lot of material about plant awareness, here is one short article.
But the main difference in our views is that in my view, awareness is not a mental process - a mental process means a process of the mind, and in my view, this is only the current thought, which we conceptualize as 'mind'.
Also, consciousness is the same as awareness. A fly is aware of the proximity of your fly swatter means the same thing as the fly is conscious of the proximity of your fly swatter. "Are you aware of your experience right now?" "Are you conscious of your experience right now?" They're the same.
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