(October 11, 2018 at 11:27 am)polymath257 Wrote: Science is *defined* by the use of testable hypotheses. In this case, the hypothesis that other people have internal states is supported by a wide range of observations and deductions.Then why are you talking about consciousness if science can only observe behavior?
Quote:Because I believe that all mental states supervene on the physical.Can you prove it scientifically? What if brain is only transmitter/receiver?
Quote:Sorry, that's like saying that scientists have never observed an electric field, they have only observed the effects of such fields. The observation of such effects *is* an observation of the field. Or, in this case, of consciousness.Scientists have never observed qualia