How much of consciousness is reliant on sensory input? If you

You are by definition not conscious if you are not perceiving anything.

>>8228925

What would keep you from perceiving your own thoughts? What would keep you from thinking?

If you're right, would having *less* sensory input make you less conscious? For instance, was Helen Keller less conscious than another person who was blind only?

>>8228931
I think you are just misusing the word "concious". You are not conscious when you are deep asleep.

>>8228942

Perhaps I am; let's boil it down further.

Take away a person's senses one at a time, until they have none left.

Would there still be inner experience?

>>8228925
You can perceive your own thoughts though.

>>8228925
Have you ever heard of a sensory deprivation tank?

I think a more interesting question would be "how would a mind develope without ever getting sensory input" like from birth till death, it's only the mind.

>>8229718
Almost certainly not at all.

>>8228921
- thoughts
- pain (headaches)
- feelings (consfusion etc)

I think most people here are conflating the mind and consciousness.

Consciousness is pure awareness, while the mind is the manifestion of consciousness at a particular moment. The mind is influenced by sensory input and emotions, and is one's thoughts and knowledge. The mind cannot exist without consciousness, but consciousness is not reliant on the mind. It can exist on its own, say if a person feels and is thinking nothing or meditating.

To answer OP's question, yes. Both the mind and consciousness can exist in the brain without the senses, but would simply be deprived of new input.

>>8228921
>How much of consciousness is reliant on sensory input?
virtually all of it
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