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Ep. 218: The Hard Problem of Consciousness (Chalmers et al) (Part One)

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The Relationship Between Qualia and Color Vision

Wes Chalmers: The hard problem has to do with just qualia being distinguished from any facts, any informational content of any sort and any particular brain activity. But I like the fact that we're talking about, Wes is talking about behavior in the occipital lobe as having something to do with the experience of color vision. And also the idea that you still don't, in Wes's example of I'm now seeing in quotes through pressures on my back, I'm still not seeing qualia.

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