[harmonygirl]

interesting discussion, but I am not sure how to 'classify' consciousness. We had a pretty good discussion about intelligence and those classifications made sense, but talking about awareness in the sense of whether it is fundamental or not seems to log-jam my brain. It helps me if I reframe this into whether consciousness is universal. There, I can answer definitely yes! but I know that there are (many!) others that would vehemently disagree with me. I guess I would echo HtS question, is consciousness a phenomenon? (I think by framing it in that way, there is an underlying assumption that consciousness is not fundamental and therefor a 'phenomenon'...early morning ramblings...(BC-before coffee!)