On 10/25/2012 5:17 AM, Roger Clough wrote:
2) Dennett on qualia
"In Consciousness Explained (1991) and "Quining Qualia" (1988),[19] Daniel
Dennett offers an argument against qualia that attempts to
show that the above definition breaks down when one tries to make a practical
application of it. In a series of thought experiments,
which he calls "intuition pumps," he brings qualia into the world of
neurosurgery, clinical psychology, and psychological experimentation.
His argument attempts to show that, once the concept of qualia is so imported,
it turns out that we can either make no use of it in the
situation in question, or that the questions posed by the introduction of
qualia are unanswerable precisely because of the special
properties defined for qualia."
Is this the height of arrogance or what ? Dennett essentially says
that qualia do not exist because he cannot explain them
It's not as arrogant as quoting a criticism of Dennett and attributing it to
him.
Brent
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