The only role that this example-of-an-idea is playing in my argument is as an analogy to illustrate what I mean when I assert that qualia physically exist in the brain without there being such thing as a “qualia cell”. You clearly already understand this concept, so is my particular choice of analogy so terribly important that it’s necessary to nitpick over this?
The very same uncertainty would also apply to qualia (assuming that even is a meaningful concept), only worse because we understand them even less. If we can’t answer the question of whether a particular concept is embedded in discrete anatomy, how could we possibly answer that question for qualia when we can’t even verify their existence in the first place?
The only role that this example-of-an-idea is playing in my argument is as an analogy to illustrate what I mean when I assert that qualia physically exist in the brain without there being such thing as a “qualia cell”. You clearly already understand this concept, so is my particular choice of analogy so terribly important that it’s necessary to nitpick over this?
The very same uncertainty would also apply to qualia (assuming that even is a meaningful concept), only worse because we understand them even less. If we can’t answer the question of whether a particular concept is embedded in discrete anatomy, how could we possibly answer that question for qualia when we can’t even verify their existence in the first place?