You mentioned that there seems to be no prospect of reducing the human consciousness of self to any other explanatory level. (religion-online.org)
Generally speaking, consciousness, i.e. consciousness of self, is the decisive criterion of the self. (religion-online.org)
Though natural things may «say» something to us and in that sense have «personal» relations with us, they do not have the continuity, the independence, or the living consciousness and consciousness of self which make up the person. (religion-online.org)