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Conciousness may indeed be the result of physical processes, but one cannot deduce the occurrence of experience/qualia from our current understanding, nor can I
by aninhumer 10y ago
Conciousness may indeed be the result of physical processes, but one cannot deduce the occurrence of experience/qualia from our current understanding, nor can I conceive of any physical system that would allow that. The only way I can see to get conciousness is by adding a new rule that says certain physical things cause it to occur. If that makes me a Dualist, so be it, but I honestly don't understand the alternative position.
- Marazan 10y agoThe alternative is that counciousness is a social construct humans have created to make themselves feel special. Given that peopel can experience phantom 'qualia' when their brains have direct electrical stimulation there is no evidence that counciousness comes from magic and every evidence that it comes from the staggering complexity of the brain.
- aninhumer 10y ago>every evidence that it comes from the staggering complexity of the brain. Yes, based on the rest of science, that seems likely. My point is that I have no idea how that can possibly work, on a fundamental level. I have no idea what kind of physical system could exist inside the brain to cause my conscious experience to occur. The only way I can conceive of a system to explain it is adding a new rule that says "When X pattern occurs, it experiences conciousness".