[ExI] Coherent vs. Incoherent Fears of Being Uploaded

Stathis Papaioannou stathisp at gmail.com
Thu Jan 21 02:00:27 UTC 2010


2010/1/21 Lee Corbin <lcorbin at rawbw.com>:

>> Qualia, consciousness, subjectivity, experience, intentionality,
>> understanding: What a ridiculous question! Of course I believe in
>> these things! So do you! So does everyone who is able to believe
>> anything!
>
> The "Q" word is especially dangerous. It's a reification
> into a noun that causes many people to actually *look*
> for a physiological manifestation. We're a lot better off
> without it. Unlike those other, relatively unobjectionable
> terms, this one arose strictly in the course of armchair
> philosophy dabbling.

I don't see why "qualia" is used at all, but I take it as synonymous
with "experiences". Experiences are thought to be "real", and to have
a physiological basis. A zombie is supposed to have the behaviour but
not the experiences.


-- 
Stathis Papaioannou



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