So why expect to recognize “qualia” from their descriptions?
Why expect an inability to figure out some things about your internal stare to put on a techinicolor
display? Blind spots don’t look like anything. Not even perceivable gaps in the visual field.
Why expect an inability to figure out some things about your internal stare to put on a techinicolor display?
What.
(Internal state seems a little misleading. At the risk of getting away from the real discussion again, Peano arithmetic is looking at a coded representation of itself when it fails to see certain facts about its proofs. But it needs some such symbols in order to have any self-awareness at all. And there exists a limit to what any arithmetical system or Turing machine can learn by this method. Oh, and the process that fills my blind spots puts on colorful displays all the time.)
Why expect an inability to figure out some things about your internal stare to put on a techinicolor display? Blind spots don’t look like anything. Not even perceivable gaps in the visual field.
What.
(Internal state seems a little misleading. At the risk of getting away from the real discussion again, Peano arithmetic is looking at a coded representation of itself when it fails to see certain facts about its proofs. But it needs some such symbols in order to have any self-awareness at all. And there exists a limit to what any arithmetical system or Turing machine can learn by this method. Oh, and the process that fills my blind spots puts on colorful displays all the time.)
There is no evidence that PA is self aware.
So your blind spot is filled in by other blind spots?