Our goal, then, is to build a model of a mind that would express analogous reactions in Mary’s Room for a genuine reason
Are you referring the question of how to model a mind that would have analogous reactions to:
being told about the Mary’s Room argument, or to
being in the position of a real-world Mary?
I assume the first, but I couldn’t tell. In any case, both are worthwhile targets for reduction.
Edit: I had previous sketched out a reduction of qualia, but it seems more focused on the first issue—why we have the intuition that our sensory impressions are so ineffable.
I actually mean the second question; let me see if I can make that less ambiguous in the post. The first is important too, and will come up by the end.
I like it so far! One question, though:
Are you referring the question of how to model a mind that would have analogous reactions to:
being told about the Mary’s Room argument, or to
being in the position of a real-world Mary?
I assume the first, but I couldn’t tell. In any case, both are worthwhile targets for reduction.
Edit: I had previous sketched out a reduction of qualia, but it seems more focused on the first issue—why we have the intuition that our sensory impressions are so ineffable.
I actually mean the second question; let me see if I can make that less ambiguous in the post. The first is important too, and will come up by the end.
And thanks!
UPDATE: Edited the paragraph slightly.