Well, I probably can’t explain it as eloquently as others here—you should try the search bar, there are probably posts on the topic much better than this one—but my position would be as follows:
Qualia are experienced directly by your mind.
Everything about your mind seems to reduce to your brain.
Therefore, qualia are probably part of your brain.
Furthermore, I would point out two things: one, that qualia seem to be essential parts of having a mind; I certainly can’t imagine a mind without qualia; and two, that we can view (very roughly) images of what people see in the thalamus, which would suggest that what we call “qualia” might simply be part of, y’know, data processing.
Because it’s the only thing in the universe we’ve found with a first-person ontology. How else do you explain it?
Well, I probably can’t explain it as eloquently as others here—you should try the search bar, there are probably posts on the topic much better than this one—but my position would be as follows:
Qualia are experienced directly by your mind.
Everything about your mind seems to reduce to your brain.
Therefore, qualia are probably part of your brain.
Furthermore, I would point out two things: one, that qualia seem to be essential parts of having a mind; I certainly can’t imagine a mind without qualia; and two, that we can view (very roughly) images of what people see in the thalamus, which would suggest that what we call “qualia” might simply be part of, y’know, data processing.