In a message dated 2/18/99 4:54:22 PM Central Standard Time, joedees@bellsouth.net writes:
<< The position that self-awareness may emerge from the complex patterns and
interactions of matter and energy is known in philosophicals as emergent
materialism.
Joe E. Dees
Poet, Pagan, Philosopher
>>
THANK YOU!!
I am aware of the term, but for some reason it escaped me in my response to Robin. Yes, that is my position. I still view it as a form of materialism.
-Jake