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The flaw is the unsupported assertion that the whole system being conscious of X depends on a part of the system being conscious of X. The same assertion would
by wrs 4y ago
The flaw is the unsupported assertion that the whole system being conscious of X depends on a part of the system being conscious of X. The same assertion would fail here in the same way.
- mensetmanusman 4y agoAt these levels of discussion everything is asserted as axioms to see what the consequences are. If a human isn’t conscious of Chinese, but the arrangement of paper rules is, one would have to assert that paper + human is conscious.
- cscurmudgeon 4y agoAre you talking about access consciousness or phenomenal consciousness?