Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Dec 2012, at 20:14, meekerdb wrote: On 12/27/2012 3:44 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: This is intuitive and amenable to thought experience, like the experience of the blind Mary which studies many books on color and qualia and still has any clue what it is like to be a seeing person. I

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Dec 2012, at 20:13, meekerdb wrote: On 12/27/2012 3:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Dec 2012, at 20:58, meekerdb wrote: On 12/26/2012 1:45 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Dec 2012, at 19:30, meekerdb wrote: On 12/24/2012 2:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: We don't have to bet the

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-27 Thread meekerdb
On 12/27/2012 3:44 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: This is intuitive and amenable to thought experience, like the experience of the blind Mary which studies many books on color and qualia and still has any clue what it is like to be a seeing person. I think Dennett is right when he says our intuition

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-27 Thread meekerdb
On 12/27/2012 3:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Dec 2012, at 20:58, meekerdb wrote: On 12/26/2012 1:45 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Dec 2012, at 19:30, meekerdb wrote: On 12/24/2012 2:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: We don't have to bet the brain is (Turing universal), we can prove it.

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Dec 2012, at 21:03, meekerdb wrote: On 12/26/2012 1:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: John, On 24 Dec 2012, at 21:16, John Mikes wrote: Bruno and Brent: we T H I N K we have an idea what 'qualia' may be and ACCEPT our figment on 'quanta' (i.e numbered 'objects' - figments as well). N

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Dec 2012, at 20:58, meekerdb wrote: On 12/26/2012 1:45 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Dec 2012, at 19:30, meekerdb wrote: On 12/24/2012 2:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: We don't have to bet the brain is (Turing universal), we can prove it. Can we? How would you prove than every pe

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-26 Thread meekerdb
On 12/26/2012 1:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: John, On 24 Dec 2012, at 21:16, John Mikes wrote: Bruno and Brent: we T H I N K we have an idea what 'qualia' may be and ACCEPT our figment on 'quanta' (i.e numbered 'objects' - figments as well). None of the two(?) are closer to the essence (re

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-26 Thread meekerdb
On 12/26/2012 1:45 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Dec 2012, at 19:30, meekerdb wrote: On 12/24/2012 2:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: We don't have to bet the brain is (Turing universal), we can prove it. Can we? How would you prove than every person's brain can compute every computable functi

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
John, On 24 Dec 2012, at 21:16, John Mikes wrote: Bruno and Brent: we T H I N K we have an idea what 'qualia' may be and ACCEPT our figment on 'quanta' (i.e numbered 'objects' - figments as well). None of the two(?) are closer to the essence (read: 'truth') we just got better used (evol

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 24 Dec 2012, at 19:30, meekerdb wrote: On 12/24/2012 2:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: We don't have to bet the brain is (Turing universal), we can prove it. Can we? How would you prove than every person's brain can compute every computable function? By teaching them to reduce combinat

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-24 Thread John Mikes
Bruno and Brent: we T H I N K we have an idea what 'qualia' may be and ACCEPT our figment on 'quanta' (i.e numbered 'objects' - figments as well). None of the two(?) are closer to the essence (read: 'truth') we just got better used (evolved?) to quantitative thinking and language concerning suc

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-24 Thread meekerdb
On 12/24/2012 2:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: We don't have to bet the brain is (Turing universal), we can prove it. Can we? How would you prove than every person's brain can compute every computable function? Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-24 Thread Roger Clough
--- From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-24, 05:36:51 Subject: Re: Dennett and others on qualia On 24 Dec 2012, at 00:31, meekerdb wrote: > On 12/23/2012 8:29 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> On 26 Oct 2012, at 21:22, meekerdb wrote: >> &

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 24 Dec 2012, at 00:31, meekerdb wrote: On 12/23/2012 8:29 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Oct 2012, at 21:22, meekerdb wrote: On 10/26/2012 6:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Oct 2012, at 18:57, meekerdb wrote: Good points. The contrast is usually qualia-v-quanta. I think color can

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-23 Thread meekerdb
On 12/23/2012 8:29 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Oct 2012, at 21:22, meekerdb wrote: On 10/26/2012 6:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Oct 2012, at 18:57, meekerdb wrote: Good points. The contrast is usually qualia-v-quanta. I think color can be communicated and we have an "RGB" language

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Oct 2012, at 21:22, meekerdb wrote: On 10/26/2012 6:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Oct 2012, at 18:57, meekerdb wrote: Good points. The contrast is usually qualia-v-quanta. I think color can be communicated and we have an "RGB" language for doing so that makes it more quanta th

Re: Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-28 Thread Roger Clough
: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-27, 09:01:08 Subject: Re: Dennett and others on qualia On 26 Oct 2012, at 13:51, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi meekerdb > > Quanta do exist, and can be measured, > but by definition they can only be experienced as qualia, >

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
>> >> > than its color?.The fact that the position and radius of the circle >> >> > can be measured and communicated does not change the fact that they >> >> > produce a subjective perception. so they are also qualia. Then the >> >> >

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
tent - From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-25, 12:57:11 Subject: Re: Dennett and others on qualia Good points. The contrast is usually qualia-v-quanta. I think color can be communicated and we have an "RGB" language for doing so that makes it more quanta than

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-27 Thread Craig Weinberg
;> >> more >> >> > public it is. Simple as that. >> >> > >> >> > Craig >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Brent >> >> >> >> >> >> On 10/25/2012 6:11 A

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Alberto G. Corona Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-25, 09:11:40 Subject: Re: Dennett and others on qualia I agree. is there something that can be perceived that is not qualia? It? less qualia the shape

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
>> >> > than its color?.The fact that the position and radius of the circle >> >> > can be measured and communicated does not change the fact that they >> >> > produce a subjective perception. so they are also qualia. Then the >> >> > questi

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread meekerdb
On 10/26/2012 6:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Oct 2012, at 18:57, meekerdb wrote: Good points. The contrast is usually qualia-v-quanta. I think color can be communicated and we have an "RGB" language for doing so that makes it more quanta than qualia. So extending your point to Schrodin

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread meekerdb
ceiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-25, 12:57:11 Subject: Re: Dennett and others on qualia Good points. The contrast is usually qualia-v-quanta. I think color can be communicated and we have an "RGB" language for doing so that makes it more quanta than qualia. So extending your p

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
ialist stance?, the question > is why some qualia are measurable and comunicable in a mentalist > stance, where every perception is in the mind, including the > perception that I have a head with a brain? > > 2012/10/25 Roger Clough>: >> Dennett and others on qualia &g

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
luding the perception that I have a head with a brain? 2012/10/25 Roger Clough: Dennett and others on qualia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia#Daniel_Dennett 1) Schroedinger on qualia. "Examples of qualia are the pain of a headache, the taste of wine, the experience of taking a recreatio

Re: Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread Roger Clough
long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-25, 12:57:11 Subject: Re: Dennett and others on qualia Good points. The contrast is usually qualia-v-quanta. I think color can b

Re: Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread Roger Clough
: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-25, 12:38:57 Subject: Re: Dennett and others on qualia 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 agains

Re: Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread Roger Clough
ubject: Re: Dennett and others on qualia I agree. is there something that can be perceived that is not qualia? It? less qualia the shape and location of a circle in ha sheet of paper than its color?.The fact that the position and radius of the circle can be measured and communicated does not

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread Craig Weinberg
t; >> >> > > >> >> > is there something that can be perceived that is not qualia? > It�s > >> >> > less qualia the shape and location of a circle in ha sheet of > paper > >> >> > than its color?.The fact that

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread meekerdb
On 10/25/2012 3:01 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren "Stephen P. King" : On 10/25/2012 5:16 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Craig Weinberg : On Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:58:33 PM UTC-4, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: You can identify a particular qualia with certain computational state

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread smitra
Citeren "Stephen P. King" : On 10/25/2012 5:16 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Craig Weinberg : On Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:58:33 PM UTC-4, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: You can identify a particular qualia with certain computational states of algorithms. All you need to do to (in princ

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread Stephen P. King
On 10/25/2012 5:16 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Craig Weinberg : On Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:58:33 PM UTC-4, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: You can identify a particular qualia with certain computational states of algorithms. All you need to do to (in principle) decide if a system is "e

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread smitra
form of processing and the color processing is more complicated? >> > O is because shape and position processing evolved to be communicable >> > quantitatively between humans, while color had no evolutionary >> > pressure to be a quantitative and communicable ? >>

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread Craig Weinberg
olor processing is more > complicated? > >> > O is because shape and position processing evolved to be communicable > >> > quantitatively between humans, while color had no evolutionary > >> > pressure to be a quantitative and communicable ? > >> > > >&

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread smitra
e ? > > If everithig perceived is qualia, then the question is the opposite. > Instead of �what is qualia under a materialist stance?, the question > is why some qualia are measurable and comunicable in a mentalist > stance, where every perception is in the mind, including the >

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread Craig Weinberg
a, then the question is the opposite. > > Instead of �what is qualia under a materialist stance?, the question > > is why some qualia are measurable and comunicable in a mentalist > > stance, where every perception is in the mind, including the > > perception that I have

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread meekerdb
erception is in the mind, including the perception that I have a head with a brain? 2012/10/25 Roger Clough: Dennett and others on qualia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia#Daniel_Dennett 1) Schroedinger on qualia. "Examples of qualia are the pain of a headache, the taste of wine, the

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread meekerdb
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.

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread Alberto G. Corona
measurable and comunicable in a mentalist stance, where every perception is in the mind, including the perception that I have a head with a brain? 2012/10/25 Roger Clough : > Dennett and others on qualia > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia#Daniel_Dennett > > 1) Schroed

Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread Roger Clough
Dennett and others on qualia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia#Daniel_Dennett 1) Schroedinger on qualia. "Examples of qualia are the pain of a headache, the taste of wine, the experience of taking a recreational drug, or the perceived redness of an evening sky. Daniel Dennett writes