RE: Occams Hatchet and Is Materialism "Special"
October 1, 2016 at 2:29 am
(This post was last modified: October 1, 2016 at 2:36 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 1, 2016 at 12:31 am)Bunburryist Wrote: "Qualia" is one of what I think of as "back door" words or phrases (like "red light," "visible light," etc.) - ways of trying to sneak experience into the back door of physical science. Qualia has no defined meaning in physical terms. It can't be detected. It can't be physically defined. It has no physical parameters. It can't be located in a material world. It was never discovered to exist. Being derived from Latin, it does sound scientific, so it tends to carry a certain amount of argumentative weight, even if it has no scientific meaning.
This, however, I;ll say something about this. It's bulllshit from the top to the bottom. Qualia can be and -has been- detected. It's not even difficult to do so. We recognize it in others -with no training whatsoever-, no understanding of the phenomena at all, required. It has a definition, it has parameters, it can be located....discovered...discovered, discovery -is- qualia...jesus fucking christ......."discovering" anything at all....anything.......is simultaneously "discovering" qualia. That's what the term refers to, an experience.
Useless deepity. Congratulations. I'm -all in- for a deep and thoughtful criticism of how we see the world. Nothing, and I mean nothing..in this thread, even approaches that. It's just been silly, and if I were handing out awards, the post above would take the honors of the evening.
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