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If you think it's very different, can you tell me when, in people or animals that we'd agree are conscious, that there's consciousness but no experience of qual
by DonaldFisk 5y ago
If you think it's very different, can you tell me when, in people or animals that we'd agree are conscious, that there's consciousness but no experience of qualia, or experience of qualia without consciousness?
Experience of a stream of qualia is how I'd define consciousness. This is also consistent with the medical definition (leaving aside the other minds problem). If you have a different working definition, how does it differ from mine?
- bonoboTP 5y agoThese are all vague terms that ultimately don't seem to map to anything grounded in reality. But consciousness has something to do with seeing oneself as an agent in control, not simply executing an automatic script but being in control and knowing that one is in control, seeing the self also from the outside in a way and freely moving between these levels. I don't know if consciousness is possible without qualia. And anyone who claims to know probably also knows how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.