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These are all part of the easy problem of consciousness, so yes, I don't think anyone doubts that they can be answered in principle. But there's the hard proble
by adrusi 10y ago
These are all part of the easy problem of consciousness, so yes, I don't think anyone doubts that they can be answered in principle. But there's the hard problem of consciousness, which this article talks about.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousnes...
- xiler 10y agoIn particular see the "Mary the super-scientist" thought experiment for a nice explanation of the difference between the two. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_argument http://philosophyfaculty.ucsd.edu/faculty/rarneson/Courses/FrankJacksonphil1.pdf http://philosophyfaculty.ucsd.edu/faculty/rarneson/Courses/F...
- omginternets 10y agoI would also read Daniel Dennett's Consciousness Explained for a counter-point about why "Mary the super-scientist" is based on a faulty premise, and why the Hard/Easy distinction is fallacious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness_Explained https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness_Explained