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If his theory boils down to an acceptance of qualia as evidence of non-physical (extra-physical, super-natural, dualist, whatever) basis for consciousness, then
by mysecretaccount 3y ago
If his theory boils down to an acceptance of qualia as evidence of non-physical (extra-physical, super-natural, dualist, whatever) basis for consciousness, then a) I am open to it but b) he has done a terrible job conveying this idea clearly.
- PixyMisa 3y agoAnd we have no reason to believe that qualia, defined in that way, exist at all. Or that the notion is even logically consistent.
- simonh 3y agoHe seems to be saying that it is a physical process, but that it is not computational. My critique was that he does do while describing it entirely in terms of processing information.
- mysecretaccount 3y ago> He seems to be saying that it is a physical process, but that it is not computational This is a contradiction in terms, is it not?