It’s not necessarily a question of additional rules. If you take the view that no kind of functionality could explain or predict qualia, then having the right substrate in addition to the right algorithm could cause something additional to for functionality, IE qualia.
I didn’t mean additional rules, just rules in general, i.e., under NFR, the set of things you need to look at to determine whether something is conscious aren’t entirely contained on the algorithmic level of abstraction.
Of course, we are supposed to regard biological processes as reducible and not dependent on an Elan Vital… and that’s a form of reduction that’s exquisitely dependent on precise chemical.properties...you can’t make chlorophyl or haemoglobin out of any collection of atoms.
It’s not necessarily a question of additional rules. If you take the view that no kind of functionality could explain or predict qualia, then having the right substrate in addition to the right algorithm could cause something additional to for functionality, IE qualia.
I didn’t mean additional rules, just rules in general, i.e., under NFR, the set of things you need to look at to determine whether something is conscious aren’t entirely contained on the algorithmic level of abstraction.
The set of things that are relevant isn’t entirely contained by “rules”, either.
Of course, we are supposed to regard biological processes as reducible and not dependent on an Elan Vital… and that’s a form of reduction that’s exquisitely dependent on precise chemical.properties...you can’t make chlorophyl or haemoglobin out of any collection of atoms.