tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post6764391902005620395..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Fading knowledge of qualiaAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-21691759798565392082021-09-22T10:11:52.105-05:002021-09-22T10:11:52.105-05:00You thinks way too binary. This is used in our co...You thinks way too binary. This is used in our computer because it is more resilient to noise, but in biological afaik it is analogue, so there is no mystery why pain fade, as the mechanism that bring it back to our consciousness are less stimulated due to the stored value slowly loose its peaks. Like 45oC is less painful that 70oC, even if both are hot.swaggerswaggmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452871878835259394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-62861605554775125572021-09-22T09:47:23.490-05:002021-09-22T09:47:23.490-05:00The difficulty is with accounting for how this is ...The difficulty is with accounting for how this is loss of _knowledge_, given that we can assume that the victim of this continues to know all the neurophysical facts about the experience. The usual physicalist story about black-and-white Mary is that she lacks a type-demonstrative "that experience" concept. But in the fading case, there does not seem to be any loss of a concept.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-27935543047187827152021-09-22T09:28:50.268-05:002021-09-22T09:28:50.268-05:00This doesn't worry the physicalist at all, as...This doesn't worry the physicalist at all, as this is simply a decrease of the extremes values stored is the brain, like a magnetic tape loose its peaks. It is expected for a physicalist.swaggerswaggmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452871878835259394noreply@blogger.com