(November 14, 2022 at 10:17 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(November 14, 2022 at 9:49 pm)polymath257 Wrote: You mean like the emergent properties of pressure, temperature, and entropy coming from the statistical properties of the motion of molecules? All novel properties. All much better than a 'goddidit' claim.
Intentionality and qualia are nothing like any of those examples. You do see that, right?
They are certainly more complex. But then, the brain is more complex than a container of gas.
Are they different in a way that leads us to suspect they can't be emergent from the brain processes? No.
In fact, ALL the evidence that we have is precisely that all conscious events are, in fact, brain events.
And, frankly, I think that 'qualia' is too vague a term to be useful. Nobody seems to be able to agree exactly what it means.