Do qualia describe how matter interacts with matter? For example, do they explain why any person says “I have qualia” or “That is red”? Would gravity and electromagnetism, etc. fail to explain all such statements, or just some of them?
If qualia cause such things, is there any entropy when they influence and are influenced by matter? Is energy conserved?
If I remove neurons from a person one by one, is there a point at which qualia no longer are needed to describe how the matter and energy in them relates to the rest of matter and energy? Is it logically possible to detect such a point? If I then replace the critical neuron, why ought I be confident that merely considering, tracking, and simulating local, physical interactions would lead to an incorrect model of the person insofar as I take no account of qualia?
How likely is it that apples are not made of atoms?
Do qualia describe how matter interacts with matter? For example, do they explain why any person says “I have qualia” or “That is red”? Would gravity and electromagnetism, etc. fail to explain all such statements, or just some of them?
If qualia cause such things, is there any entropy when they influence and are influenced by matter? Is energy conserved?
If I remove neurons from a person one by one, is there a point at which qualia no longer are needed to describe how the matter and energy in them relates to the rest of matter and energy? Is it logically possible to detect such a point? If I then replace the critical neuron, why ought I be confident that merely considering, tracking, and simulating local, physical interactions would lead to an incorrect model of the person insofar as I take no account of qualia?
How likely is it that apples are not made of atoms?