I’ve been thinking about this, after a conversation between @evantthompson, @keithfrankish and @distributedcog. The analogy to stage magic in some Buddhist Yogacara texts does recommend illusionism about consciousness as the right account. (Cf. Dennett 2016)
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Momentary experiences have the character of momentary experiences; but I’m unsure about the status of *consciousness*...that’s something we’ll need to argue about in person...
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OK, leave out the word "consciousness." vijñapti (roughly, "mind") moments have an intrinsic nature. The question then becomes are they phenomenal or just informational? Either way, they have independent being and essence.
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It would be great to dig down into this and work out just how deep the difference is.
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Would the Yogācāra position be that the illusionism of Frankish/Dennett would need to be coupled with a kind of idealism in order to cohere?
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I don’t think there’s any reason to treat early Yogācāra as idealism...but there’s loads of dispute on that issue
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