Would I be wrong to claim the uncertainty is more general than philosophical?
Yes, but non-philosophical language is somewhat lacking in terms to explain it. I can spend 10 hours in separate 1-hour sessions trying to explain to a therapist that I don’t feel comfortable asserting the existence of my own subjective experience and qualia, or I can simply say “do you know what the term ‘p-zombie’ means? Do you understand me if I say ‘I can’t maintain proper perception of my own qualia if someone else tells me that I’m faking my perceptions’?”—in the latter case, replacing “qualia” with “feelings” injects a nuance that typically leads a therapist in an unfruitful direction, but explaining that to them is tedious and difficult, especially considering that they’re the expert and I’m just the (damaged and delusional) patient.
At $200/session (or even at $25/session with co-pay, if by miracle of miracles you have insurance), all that explanatory time adds up, especially when you rely on (already-beleaguered) others for every dollar you spend. And even if it was free, it’s hours and hours (and thus weeks and weeks) of tedium before we actually GET anywhere, which is exhausting and discouraging (unless, of course, I’m faking all that).
Yes, but non-philosophical language is somewhat lacking in terms to explain it. I can spend 10 hours in separate 1-hour sessions trying to explain to a therapist that I don’t feel comfortable asserting the existence of my own subjective experience and qualia, or I can simply say “do you know what the term ‘p-zombie’ means? Do you understand me if I say ‘I can’t maintain proper perception of my own qualia if someone else tells me that I’m faking my perceptions’?”—in the latter case, replacing “qualia” with “feelings” injects a nuance that typically leads a therapist in an unfruitful direction, but explaining that to them is tedious and difficult, especially considering that they’re the expert and I’m just the (damaged and delusional) patient.
At $200/session (or even at $25/session with co-pay, if by miracle of miracles you have insurance), all that explanatory time adds up, especially when you rely on (already-beleaguered) others for every dollar you spend. And even if it was free, it’s hours and hours (and thus weeks and weeks) of tedium before we actually GET anywhere, which is exhausting and discouraging (unless, of course, I’m faking all that).