Do people here expect to be surprised by whatever it takes to understand qualia?
No. Not even remotely. This struck me as a massive leap away from the build up with the sun, etc. I expect the most difficult part of ‘explaining qualia’ is going to be persuading philosophers that the neurobiology really is all that is needed.
I don’t think it’s just philosophers who have trouble understanding how existence can arise from non-existence. And I consider that to be one and the same with the qualia problem—or atleast highly similar to it.
No. Not even remotely. This struck me as a massive leap away from the build up with the sun, etc. I expect the most difficult part of ‘explaining qualia’ is going to be persuading philosophers that the neurobiology really is all that is needed.
It seemed to me as though the article trailed off rather than building to a conclusion, but I couldn’t think of anything else to say on the subject.
I don’t think it’s just philosophers who have trouble understanding how existence can arise from non-existence. And I consider that to be one and the same with the qualia problem—or atleast highly similar to it.
:s/philophers/philosophers and amateurs who happen to be engaging in philosophy about qualia/