On 5 October 2013 15:25, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> The question is whether swapping out part of the system for a >> functional equivalent will change the qualia the system experiences >> without changing the behaviour. I don't think this is possible, for if >> the qualia change the subject would (at least) notice > > > That's the point I find questionable. Why couldn't some qualia change in > minor ways and the system *not* notice because the system doesn't have any > absolute memory to which it can compare qualia. Have you ever gone back to a > house you lived in as a small child? Looks a lot smaller doesn't it. > > Brent
If a normal brain does not notice changes or falsely notices changes then a brain with functionally identical implants will also fail to notice or falsely notice these changes. >> and say that the >> qualia have changed, which constitutes a change in behaviour. >> Therefore, the qualia and the behaviour are somehow inextricably >> linked. The alternative, that the qualia are substrate dependent, >> can't work. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
