On 30 March 2015 at 19:26, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote:
> Fading qualia in the setting of normal behaviour, if logically > possible, would destroy the common idea of consciousness that we have. > It would mean, for example, that you could have gone blind last week > but not realise it. You would look at a painting, describe the > painting, have an emotional response to the painting - but lack any > visual experience of the painting. If that is possible, what meaning > is left to attribute to the word "qualia"? > > Well, it would mean that comp is false, because the electronic replacements are not generating any conscious experience despite having their I/O matched to the rest of the brain. That would mean there is something else involved, something that isn't generated by computation. -- 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/d/optout.
