RE: The Philosophy of Mind: Zombies, "radical emergence" and evidence of non-experiential
April 28, 2018 at 4:37 pm
(This post was last modified: April 28, 2018 at 5:06 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
This observation isn't strictly limited to humans. Nor is it the insistence that x beings couldn't be behaviorally empathetic in the absence of awareness*.
It's the acknowledgement that outcomes associated with empathy and awareness might be achieved other ways (and even in us, those behaviors could be achieved other ways). What does empathy do for us? What outcomes does it work to secure? Empathy isn't the only way to secure them..empathy is not -necessary-......though it does seem sufficient.
It's the acknowledgement that outcomes associated with empathy and awareness might be achieved other ways (and even in us, those behaviors could be achieved other ways). What does empathy do for us? What outcomes does it work to secure? Empathy isn't the only way to secure them..empathy is not -necessary-......though it does seem sufficient.
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