tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post6064206861855054988..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: "Not Even Dreams"?Ketlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-59047989641142557972014-07-29T07:45:09.359+01:002014-07-29T07:45:09.359+01:00Nicholas,
Thank you for discussion. I think that t...Nicholas,<br />Thank you for discussion. I think that there is no agreed terminology here. I regard "aware" and "conscious" as synonyms. But, of course, we can distinguish between "conscious" and "fully conscious." There is a difference between experiencing and being aware of ourselves doing so. Again, to me, experiencing images, voices and feelings and being conscious of them sound like two ways of saying the same thing but I agree that, in dreams, this happens without awareness/consciousness of self.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-17808347488080677842014-07-29T04:18:04.711+01:002014-07-29T04:18:04.711+01:00We are aware of dreams, but not usually conscious ...We are aware of dreams, but not usually conscious (lucid dreams complicate the distinction). When fully conscious, we not only experience events, but we are aware of ourselves doing so. Dreams tend to be successions of images, voices, and feelings which we experience, but which happen without self-awareness.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br />Nicholas RosenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com