On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 3:10 AM, Dr. Matthias Heger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In my opinion I have proven that qualia can never be explained though if we > have better brain scanner then qualia can be described by physical > processes. But I think I have shown that it must be processes which we do > not understand how or why they really describe qualia. >
You didn't answer my objections in the relevant thread yet. > Life was a great > mystery. But the conclusion is wrong to say that we can explain qualia > because we solved the mystery of life. It is a lesson. Intuition about what constitutes an explanation can turn out to be severely derailed. > > Qualia is an intrinsic property of mind. This makes it completely different > from the pheneomenon of gravity or life which can be observed by many > people. You can ask someone what he sees when a stone falls to earth. And > you can compare his results with your results. But you can never compare > your qualia with another persons qualia. If you can use a brain scanning device that says "you experience X" when you experience X, why is it significantly different from observing stone falling to earth with a device that observes "stone falling to earth"? -- Vladimir Nesov [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=101455710-f059c4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
