(September 1, 2016 at 9:45 am)Rhythm Wrote: It would take a long time to unpack all of the tiny logical mis-steps above. So I'll cut to the heart of it. You can;t think of any function for qualia. It doesn't seem..to you, like it's an advantageous thing to possess?
Look around you, a world -run- by creatures with qualia. All we ever talk about is our qualia. We use that qualia to make inferences about the world and use those inferences to subjugate it.....our qualia form both the context for production and appreciation of art and our human languages... but you can't imagine a -single- function......for qualia? Can you not imagine a function for a picture of an arrow, or a technical schematic for an orbital launch system? Can you not imagine the function of an interactive live map of the african savannah...including which lions are or may be hiding under which clumps of grass? Can you not imagine the function of a visceral experience of family unity and happiness? Can you not imagine the function of a compelling feeling of satisfaction with chocolate?
Maybe cut to the right heart next time
I said this: " I also can't think of any possible function they might fulfil, that wouldn't be already fulfilled by the machinery in the brain that caused them."Every function you just mentioned, comes ultimately from the brain. Why add the qualia? That was my question.
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