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Let's put it another way. I feel pain when the atoms in my brain are in certain configurations. Why is that? You simply can't explain that with physics. You ca

Let's put it another way. I feel pain when the atoms in my brain are in certain configurations. Why is that? You simply can't explain that with physics. You can explain the physical symptoms of pain - like crying or sweaing. But not the feeling of pain. And the reason for that is that you won't be able to define the feeling of pain. Crying or sweating is definable (or reducible), it's just a complex motion of physical particles. But what's the feeling of pain (not the physical symptoms)?

hcarvalhoalves 13y ago
> I feel pain when the atoms in my brain are in certain configurations. Why is that? That's tautological. You feel pain when your brain is in a particular set of states. Your brain is in one of those particular states. You feel pain. There's no underlying "why", it's the definition of pain itself. > You simply can't explain that with physics. You can explain the mechanism with physics. What I think you mean is that you can't describe, subjectively, how you feel with it.