(Let me just add that the first chapter of my thesis addresses Constant’s concerns, and my previously linked post ‘why do you think you’re conscious?’ speaks to Eliezer’s worries about epiphenomenalism—what is sometimes called ‘the paradox of phenomenal judgment.’ Some general advice: philosophers aren’t idiots, so it’s rarely warranted to attribute their disagreement to a mere “failure to realize” some obvious fact.)
(Let me just add that the first chapter of my thesis addresses Constant’s concerns, and my previously linked post ‘why do you think you’re conscious?’ speaks to Eliezer’s worries about epiphenomenalism—what is sometimes called ‘the paradox of phenomenal judgment.’ Some general advice: philosophers aren’t idiots, so it’s rarely warranted to attribute their disagreement to a mere “failure to realize” some obvious fact.)