RE: Consciousness Trilemma
May 31, 2017 at 4:34 pm
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2017 at 4:42 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 31, 2017 at 12:49 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Given the very complex nature of the problem, for the time being, at best, all we can do is model artificial neurons and map out all the interactions they have and see what comes out. We'd have access to all the inner workings, but I doubt we can model the complexity, nor the number of neurons required to replicate a consciousness... so here we are... producing our best guesses.Sure.
Quote:So... these "Eliminative Materialists" are claiming that neurons cannot produce the feelings that we observe as consciousness, is that it? Why not?
No. They're claiming that nuerons do not or cannot produce a mental state that maps to the feelings we observe as we describe them. We observe ourselves as being in here, a little man..a singular entity in a stream of present moments. That;s what it feels like to be. That's the referent of every other experience. That's not what those neurons are, that's not what those neurons are doing. In some cases, the discrepancy goes further..not only are they not that thing, not only are they not doing that..they can't. Not even neurons, for example, can process in zero time.
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