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"Consciousness really is unexplainable by what we know of the physical world" maybe. or perhaps it simply has a mystical privilege. there do seem to be a fai
by abiox 10y ago
"Consciousness really is unexplainable by what we know of the physical world"
maybe. or perhaps it simply has a mystical privilege. there do seem to be a fair number of terms and concepts (like 'qualia') that hold sway over some people's discussion, but themselves seem questionable.
- visarga 10y agoQualia and the hard problem are just dualism disguised. Dualism is rife with contradictions and has been largely abandoned, but now it's trying to gain acceptance again under new names. The idea that there is something special about internal states of brains, that can't be explained away, puts mental states on a special place, apart from everything else - a dualism.