Bad idea, but I am curious where you will end up if you follow this route. My guess is that late Steely Dan will be involved at some point.
― Euler, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
In an article "Epiphenomenal Qualia" (1982),[20] Frank Jackson offers what he calls the "Knowledge Argument" for qualia. One example runs as follows: Mary the colour scientist knows all the physical facts about colour, including every physical fact about the experience of colour in other people, from the behavior a particular colour is likely to elicit to the specific sequence of neurological firings that register that a colour has been seen. However, she has been confined from birth to a room that is black and white, and is only allowed to observe the outside world through a black and white monitor. When she is allowed to leave the room, it must be admitted that she learns something about the colour red the first time she sees it — specifically, she learns what it is like to see that colour
Mary the colour scientist knows all the physical facts about colour, including every physical fact about the experience of colour in other people, from the behavior a particular colour is likely to elicit to the specific sequence of neurological firings that register that a colour has been seen. However, she has been confined from birth to a room that is black and white, and is only allowed to observe the outside world through a black and white monitor. When she is allowed to leave the room, it must be admitted that she learns something about the colour red the first time she sees it — specifically, she learns what it is like to see that colour
^^^ this is some bullshit because emotion is a neural (physical) process
― note: any and all comma splices in this post are intentional (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 18 March 2009 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
"emotion" in the sense that encompasses one's reaction to seeing the color red for the first time
― note: any and all comma splices in this post are intentional (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 18 March 2009 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link
neutral moanism
― Roberto Spirolini (libcrypt), Wednesday, 18 March 2009 23:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Wikipedia gives good overview but not enough info to make up your own mind. Try the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy for the hard shit - http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html
― ledge, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 23:29 (fifteen years ago) link