Re: qualia

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From: Bill Skaggs
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:16

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michael@psych.toronto.edu (Michael Gemar) writes:

   > The point is that there is no *necessity* that our sensations be 
   > equivalent, and indeed, that there is no way of telling if they
   > *are*.  There is simply *no* objective, scientific way for you
   > to address my claim that what you see as a sensation of red I
   > see as a sensation of blue.  This is the problem... 

Well, there is *one* way: we look at what's going on in the brain in
the two cases.  If you're a materialist, you must believe that the
answer is in there, somehow.  The only problem is that we can't quite
*do* it yet, but it's a problem of technology, not principle.

	-- Bill

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