@Ecstartacy@kushagra_speaks but isn't that a limitation of our ability to observe consciousness rather than evidence of its continuity, how do we distinguish an experience occurring during unconsciousness from one reconstructed upon regaining awareness
I grew up listening to Heavy Metal and Rock. Metallica, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Limp Bizkit, Amon Amarth, Guns N' Roses(performing in Bangalore tomorrow evening), Queen, Bon Jovi, Dire Straits, Bryan Adams, Linkin Park and many more. It is depressing to watch kids ignore these greats in favour of mumble rapping mnkes. Rock music seems to have been totally marginalised from the mainstream. You don't hear it on tv or in the movies anymore. Nobody plays any instruments. They don't compose anything, they just sample someone else's music. Human race has devolved.
@Ecstartacy@kushagra_speaks but if every act of self-regulation is itself conditioned, what makes you conclude that it is programmed rather than freely enacted, doesn't explaining the mechanism behind a choice still leave open the question of agency
@Ecstartacy@kushagra_speaks we may not choose the conditions of our existence, but that doesn't necessarily mean those conditions determine the meaning of our existence, perhaps the distinction is between being determined to exist and being free to define what that existence means
@Ecstartacy@kushagra_speaks i don't think freedom, in sartre's sense, implies absolute control over our existence, mutation is part of our biological facticity, something we don't consciously choose, but freedom lies in how consciousness relates to, interprets and acts within the conditions it is thrown in