http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/lawandbiosciences/2009/11/29/mistaken-comas-and-the-problem-of-consciousness/ Wed, 15 May 2013 21:56:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/lawandbiosciences/2009/11/29/mistaken-comas-and-the-problem-of-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-8598 Susi Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:42:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/lawandbiosciences/?p=858#comment-8598 Interesting...we're just learning about this as a family member has now been in a coma for over 2 months Interesting…we’re just learning about this as a family member has now been in a coma for over 2 months

]]> http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/lawandbiosciences/2009/11/29/mistaken-comas-and-the-problem-of-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-161 hgreely Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:31:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/lawandbiosciences/?p=858#comment-161 So what, ultimately, do you draw from this example? Does skepticism (probably justified) about "facilitated communication" go to the existence of Houben's consciousness or to its extent? If only to the latter, might not the former - the existence of any "consciousness" - be medically or socially important without regard to its extent? If to the former, what kind of evidence would you require for consciousness in someone who could not communicate? So what, ultimately, do you draw from this example? Does skepticism (probably justified) about “facilitated communication” go to the existence of Houben’s consciousness or to its extent? If only to the latter, might not the former – the existence of any “consciousness” – be medically or socially important without regard to its extent? If to the former, what kind of evidence would you require for consciousness in someone who could not communicate?

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