RE: On naturalism and consciousness
September 3, 2014 at 9:45 am
(This post was last modified: September 3, 2014 at 9:46 am by bennyboy.)
(September 3, 2014 at 8:34 am)Rhythm Wrote:The aesthetic qualifier describes the aesthetic experience, which is not data processing. You may equate them, but I wouldn't-- as you know. This is the essential difference in our philosophical positions, and while it's been fun to talk about, I don't see any non-arbitrary way to resolve the physicalist/dualist/idealistic positions.(September 3, 2014 at 2:07 am)bennyboy Wrote: What exactly is the mechanism of seeing a sunset as a beautiful visual panorama, rather than as a collection of frequencies of light?I'm having trouble understanding what the difference is between the two? Beyond the presence of an aesthetic qualifier in the one and not the other, obvs.