(February 1, 2015 at 6:44 pm)bennyboy Wrote: The problem isn't the processing. It's the qualia.Right off the bat you assume a difference. Meh, I'm unconvinced.
Quote:There's no good explanation for why physical processing should imply, require, or allow the existence of qualia.One fewer assumption - and there is no problem....not that I;m sure there's a problem even when you make this assumption. I've seen you make it often, but I've never seen you explain -why- you think this to be so?
Quote: Nor is there any plausible mechanism described which would allow the supervenience of qualia on any physical system. In fact, you don't even have the capacity, given a given physical system, to determine IF it is capable of experiencing qualia.Then how have you determined that -you- experience qualia..praytell?
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