Qualia Taste Test
I found that Keith Frankish's paper Quining Diet Qualia (PDF warning) was very helpful for understanding the Illusionist research program. In the paper, he lays out a few conceptions of…
I found that Keith Frankish's paper Quining Diet Qualia (PDF warning) was very helpful for understanding the Illusionist research program. In the paper, he lays out a few conceptions of…
I posted a couple of times recently about the Knowledge Argument (KA). In the first, I summarized my view as follows: 1. I’m not convinced this argument refutes physicalism.2. I…
I posted earlier about the Knowledge Argument, and have been thinking more about Philip Goff's simplified version. Here it is again: The Key Premise – A congenitally blind neuroscientist could never,…
Consider a woman, Mary, who has lived her entire life in a black-and-white room. In that room, she learns (e.g. through books and a black-and-white television) everything there is to…
The phenomenon of blindsight is astonishing, and seems to have major implications for consciousness. In this post, I'll base a lot of the discusion on the book Blindsight and the…