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But this looks identical to the "immovable object vs. unstoppable object" paradox. It presupposes something that doesn't actually exist. Experience is informat
by thaumaturgy 12y ago
But this looks identical to the "immovable object vs. unstoppable object" paradox. It presupposes something that doesn't actually exist.
Experience is information. It doesn't make sense to imagine a situation in which she has all the information about a thing, except experience. Either she has all of the information about it, or she doesn't.
- jordonwii 12y agoLet's take the claim "experience is information" to be true (I've yet to find a reasonable definition of "information", so I agree). Jackson's point here is specifically to show that there are at least two kinds of information: physical information, and information that is not physical. Bearing that in mind, what do you mean by: > "Either she has all of the information about it, or she doesn't."
- thaumaturgy 12y agoWhat I mean is that all information is physical information -- I'm rejecting outright his starting premise, because no amount of research on wavelengths or poetry will excite the exact same neurons in your brain that are excited by actually seeing a color. I suppose that my objection falls under 4.2 in http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qualia-knowledge/ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qualia-knowledge/, specifically, metaphysical physicalism: "there are no non-physical individuals, properties or relations and no non-physical facts". What would be a good example of non-physical information?