I guess I need to read Dennett's book. He's clearly a smart guy, but the the idea that consciousness is an illusion seems self-refuting.
"I assert not-I"
"Observations show that observations are not real"
How does that work?
"I assert not-I"
"Observations show that observations are not real"
How does that work?
(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
Arguably, conscious thinks it in control but it is not.
> "I assert not-I"
I is a feeling, and subconcious fact, nothing to think about like that except highly abstractly, metaphysically.
> observations
> how does that work
It doesn't, which is why we can't stop thinking about.