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

2012-12-28 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

2012-12-27 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

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).

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

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

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

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

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: 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

Re: Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-12-24 Thread Roger Clough
: 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: On 10/26/2012 6:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote

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: 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

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

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: Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-28 Thread Roger Clough
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, (another word for experience) which

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Oct 2012, at 01:45, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:16:47 PM UTC-4, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com: On Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:58:33 PM UTC-4, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: You can identify a particular qualia with

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
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 and location of a circle in ha sheet of paper than its color

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-27 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:08:01 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Oct 2012, at 01:45, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:16:47 PM UTC-4, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com: On Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:58:33 PM

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
: 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 point to Schrodinger

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Oct 2012, at 14:59, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:08:01 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Oct 2012, at 01:45, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:16:47 PM UTC-4, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com:

Re: Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread Roger Clough
: 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 change

Re: Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread Roger Clough
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 against qualia that attempts

Re: Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread Roger Clough
, 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 be communicated

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
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 Schrodinger, if you're a wine connoisseur you have

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Oct 2012, at 22:58, 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 experiencing the color red is to see if the right algorithm is being executed. That's right.

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-26 Thread meekerdb
: 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 point to Schrodinger, if you're a wine connoisseur you have a language

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

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread Alberto G. Corona
I agree. 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 the position and radius of the circle can be measured and communicated does not change the fact that they produce a

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 meekerdb
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 Schrodinger, if you're a wine connoisseur you have a language for communicating the taste of wine.

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:57:34 PM UTC-4, Brent 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. That doesn't work. RGB coordinates do not help a

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread smitra
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 experiencing the color red is to see if the right algorithm is being executed. Saibal Citeren Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com: On

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread 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 experiencing the color red is to see if the right algorithm is being

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread smitra
Citeren Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com: 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 experiencing the color red

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 whatsons...@gmail.com: 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)

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread smitra
Citeren Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net: On 10/25/2012 5:16 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com: 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

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 stephe...@charter.net: On 10/25/2012 5:16 PM, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com: On Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:58:33 PM UTC-4, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: You can identify a

Re: Dennett and others on qualia

2012-10-25 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:16:47 PM UTC-4, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com javascript:: 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