On Monday, March 30, 2015, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 30 March 2015 at 19:26, Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','stath...@gmail.com');>> 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. >
But if that were so it would allow the above described situation, where you could lack qualia but it would make no difference to you, rendering the idea of consciousness meaningless. -- 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/d/optout.
