RE: why do we enjoy poetry From the perspective of neuroscience?
January 10, 2019 at 8:45 pm
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2019 at 8:53 pm by GrandizerII.)
No I wouldn't really really really know. But do a Bayesian analysis and compare both sides; it makes sense to believe other people have minds of their own. Given what we do know and observe, of course.
I'm just answering what I read. If bennyboy doesn't genuinely believe solipsism is true, cool. This means he thinks it's reasonable to believe others have minds of their own, right?
That's a little bit of a different question from what I was addressing. My answer here is no idea. Depends on ones views of consciousness.
(January 10, 2019 at 8:40 pm)Belaqua Wrote:(January 10, 2019 at 8:27 pm)Grandizer Wrote: It's only a problem if you're looking for a deductive type of proof. Otherwise there is nothing unreasonable about assuming other people just like you and me have minds of their own, just as we do. What's more plausible? That we all share a lot of universally common features being members of the same species, or that somehow there's something really special about you that others who look and behave similarly to you just don't have: consciousness?
I don't think anybody here is genuinely doubting that other people have consciousness. Even I'm not that skeptical.
I'm just answering what I read. If bennyboy doesn't genuinely believe solipsism is true, cool. This means he thinks it's reasonable to believe others have minds of their own, right?
Quote:The point of the p-zombie thought experiment isn't to challenge the idea that other people are conscious. It's just to pose the question: what precisely can we point to that will distinguish a conscious subject from a high-functioning non-conscious robot?
That's a little bit of a different question from what I was addressing. My answer here is no idea. Depends on ones views of consciousness.
