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Keep on learning There are more than 800 courses on OpenLearn for you to choose from on ESD.83 Doctoral Seminar in Engineering Systems (MIT) 4.5 The function of consciousness There is another problem I want to mention briefly. What is the function of consciousness? What difference does it make to have phenomenally conscious experiences? This may seem an odd question. Surely, the answer is obvious: the function of consciousness is to provide us with information about our environment – about colours, shapes, sounds and so on. But this is too swift. We do not need to have conscious experiences in order to acquire perceptual information about our enviro Harry S. Stout, Baptized in Blood: "Moral Reflections on the American Civil War" – April 19, 2007 Peter M. Ochs, The Fieldstone Corporation: "A Life of Significance: The Integration of Faith and Cha Dick DeVos, The Windquest Group: "Philanthropy...It's Definitely Not for Wimps!: Reflections on Fait Disease and Pest Control in Organic Vegetable Cultivation
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Harry S. Stout, Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Religious History at Yale University revisits the moral issues of the American Civil War. Part of the on-going series, Princeton Lectures in Religion and History. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion.
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