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This is just the system argument, which I accept works well for understanding, but I'm unconvinced it works for qualia. Here's another thought experiment: R
by DonaldFisk 5y ago
This is just the system argument, which I accept works well for understanding, but I'm unconvinced it works for qualia. Here's another thought experiment: Replace the coloured filters with a system consisting of a camera connected to a computer which prints out the colour, which is then read by the achromatope. Here I assume you'd argue that the camera + computer doesn't experience colours, but the system (camera + computer + achromatope) does. Now, replace the camera + computer by a person who can actually see colours, who tells the achromatope which colours they see. In that case, the person who can see colours experiences the colours, and there's no need to invoke the system argument.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoThis is a compelling argument, but it does make the assumption that the experiential system need necessarily wholly contain the experience of the component parts, rather than merely overlap with it. Yes, the color-sighted person can experience colors on their own, but their ability to see color is what is part of the experiential system the same way the computer's ability to see color was.