On 5 October 2013 15:25, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
