Um, “we already defined”—the referent(s) of that phrase are very ambiguous, I’m afraid. Who’s “we” and where was that definition ?
I definitely agree that color discriminations in the brain (the processes that eventually end up with color words coming out of our mouths) are about way more than wavelengths. I’d prefer the term “discrimination” to “qualia”, the latter carries philosophical baggage that I’d rather do without.
Um, “we already defined”—the referent(s) of that phrase are very ambiguous, I’m afraid. Who’s “we” and where was that definition ?
It’s a royal ‘we’ in this case: Some subset of the group of commenters here at LW, and that subset doesn’t include me. It was discussed at some length in the recent discussion of consciousness. I wasn’t paying much direct attention to the conversation, though, so I can’t be more specific than that. (I’m not even sure that the relevant bits are all in one post’s comments.)
Um, “we already defined”—the referent(s) of that phrase are very ambiguous, I’m afraid. Who’s “we” and where was that definition ?
I definitely agree that color discriminations in the brain (the processes that eventually end up with color words coming out of our mouths) are about way more than wavelengths. I’d prefer the term “discrimination” to “qualia”, the latter carries philosophical baggage that I’d rather do without.
It’s a royal ‘we’ in this case: Some subset of the group of commenters here at LW, and that subset doesn’t include me. It was discussed at some length in the recent discussion of consciousness. I wasn’t paying much direct attention to the conversation, though, so I can’t be more specific than that. (I’m not even sure that the relevant bits are all in one post’s comments.)