It’s not an empirical fact that a brain-in-a-vat has subjective experience. It’s a thought experiment. Thought experiments don’t establish empirical facts.
“It’s not an empirical fact that a brain-in-a-vat has subjective experience.”
If we could watch what the BIAV gets up to in its simulated world, we could see it interacting with its simulated environment. This would give us the same level of confidence in its having subjective experience as we have for any normal person.
It’s not an empirical fact that a brain-in-a-vat has subjective experience. It’s a thought experiment. Thought experiments don’t establish empirical facts.
“It’s not an empirical fact that a brain-in-a-vat has subjective experience.”
If we could watch what the BIAV gets up to in its simulated world, we could see it interacting with its simulated environment. This would give us the same level of confidence in its having subjective experience as we have for any normal person.