RE: Does it make sense to speak of "Universal Consciousness" or "Univer...
May 18, 2014 at 2:57 pm
(May 18, 2014 at 12:38 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Thank you for effectively reinforcing my point. Since you're such a huge proponent of evidence and an objective scientist of mind, then do me a favor, so that I might learn from your expertise: give me an example of a physical structure which actually experiences qualia, rather than just seeming to. Now, tell me what purely physical evidence you are using to arrive at the conclusion that that structure is not a philosophical zombie.
Hint: no fair conflating philosophical assumptions with your evidence. We don't want to inadvertently talk about "ghosts" while we're pretending to be objective.
Give me an example of a non-physical structure which actually experiences qualia, rather than just seeming to. In fact, you can't demonstrate a non-physical structure that just seems to. Just one example that supports my position is that my grandfather's experience of the taste of meatloaf disappeared when his brain died, unless you are going to make the argument that his experience is disembodied and floating around in the proverbial ether.