[ExI] Can philosophers produce scientific knowledge?

[Brent Allsop]

Hi Steve,

On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 11:05 AM Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> The standing wave must have some ultimate effect on the output of the
> system, i.e. on the muscles. If this is replicated on some other way, the
> consciousness will also be replicated. So you would have to claim that it
> is logically impossible to remove locate the effect of the standing wave
> (or whatever it may be) on the muscles. Logical impossibility is a very
> strong restriction, meaning that not even a miracle could do it.
>

The intrinsic quality of your knowledge of red is simply a fact about
reality.  This quality must have some ultimate effect on the output of the
system, otherwise it isn't knowledge represented by your particular
intrinsic redness quality, and isn't qualitatively  like your conscious
knowledge of redness, by definition.
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