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Consciousness Trilemma

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RE: Consciousness Trilemma

June 5, 2017 at 4:45 pm (This post was last modified: June 5, 2017 at 4:50 pm by bennyboy.)

(June 5, 2017 at 1:11 pm)pocaracas Wrote:
(June 5, 2017 at 10:40 am)bennyboy Wrote: Oh yeah? Okay. . . take a position on what mind is, or any of its states. Tell us how to identify what material systems do or do not experience qualia.

What does it mean "to experience"?

Oooh. . . semantics is fun! You gonna spin me on the merry-go-round for a while? Big Grin

Experience is the subjective awareness of qualia.

OR. . . if you wanna get super-precise: Ya know when you open your eyes in the morning, and you see colors and shapes 'n' stuff? When you realize "I wasn't aware of the redness of the early-morning sun or the chirping of birds a minute ago, but now I am"? That's experience.

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