Tag: qualia
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14. The Outer vs. Inner Path: Material vs. Phenomenal Trajectory in Dual-Aspect Monism
I don’t think valence itself is necessarily a complex phenomenon, and just because the methodology of affective neuroscience isn’t generating crisp insights doesn’t mean there are no crisp insights to be had. Michael Edward Johnson, Principia Qualia I. Wisdom and Independence From External Validation In numerous conversations, I’ve often encountered the concept of an “old…
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7. Gravitation as the Natural Language of Attention
An analogy crosses my mind, and that is the conquering of Americas. The story goes: there is this archetpye of an arrogant business man, all dressed up, proud and self-confident, coins mingling in his pocket (status). This man with an army of inferior others steps on a continent where he degrades all of the pre-existing…