From: Eugene Leitl (eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Tue Jun 15 1999 - 14:52:03 MDT
James Rogers writes:
> Perhaps I am being stubborn.
>
> I don't see sentience or consciousness as a requirement for experiencing
> qualia. In fact, I would state that qualia occur at the same primitive
> levels as emotion and intelligence.
I think usage of philosophical terms such as 'qualia' to explain
(away) intelligence is a definite dead end. You can't explain
consciousness at an abstract level without resorting to all the
neuroscience, and the conscious 'I' is a much too high construct
to be able to deal with all that amount of detail.
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