Utilitarianism seems to demand such a theory of qualitative experience, but this requires affirming the reality of first-person experience. Apparently, some people here would rather stick their hand on a hot stove than be accused of “dualism” (whatever that means) and will assure you that their sensation of burning is an illusion. Their solution is to change the evidence to fit the theory.
Utilitarianism seems to demand such a theory of qualitative experience
It does if you’re one of the Cool People like me who wants to optimize their qualitative experience, but you can build systems that optimize some other utility target. So this isn’t really quite true.
some people here would rather stick their hand on a hot stove than be accused of “dualism” (whatever that means) and will assure you that their sensation of burning is an illusion. Their solution is to change the evidence to fit the theory.
Utilitarianism seems to demand such a theory of qualitative experience, but this requires affirming the reality of first-person experience. Apparently, some people here would rather stick their hand on a hot stove than be accused of “dualism” (whatever that means) and will assure you that their sensation of burning is an illusion. Their solution is to change the evidence to fit the theory.
It does if you’re one of the Cool People like me who wants to optimize their qualitative experience, but you can build systems that optimize some other utility target. So this isn’t really quite true.
This is true.