[muawiyah]

So far we really don't know where the seat of consciousness might be. All we know is that the brain seems to be in contact with it.

[jwalsh07]

So far we really don't know where the seat of consciousness might be. All we know is that the brain seems to be in contact with it.

No, we know much more than that. We know that absent brain function, conscious actions do not occur. So it would be very difficult to argue that consciousness is not a function of the brain since we know for certain from empirical evidence that conscious acts require a functioning brain.