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If consciousness can't even be precisely defined, imagine devising a "test" for it. Laudable effort, but I don't see any progress resulting from it.
by htk 3y ago
If consciousness can't even be precisely defined, imagine devising a "test" for it.
Laudable effort, but I don't see any progress resulting from it.
- sctb 3y agoThe tests themselves are what bring precision to the notion of consciousness. Think of a medical example in which doctors are meant to determine whether or not a patient receives anaesthesia—surely a more effective empirical toolkit would be valuable in that situation, no? There seems to be a tendency with the discourse around consciousness to slip into vague philosophizing and thus run into the hard problem. I feel like if it doesn't make sense to think of it that way then don't think of it that way.