LAWS 3307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Consciousness, Thomas Nagel, Qualia

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Phenomenal consciousness: (cid:862)an organism has conscious mental states if and only if there is something it is like to be that organism- so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g it is like for the orga(cid:374)is(cid:373) (cid:449)e (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:272)all this the su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:272)hara(cid:272)ter of e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1008)(cid:1007)6(cid:895). Phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)al co(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious(cid:374)ess: (cid:449)he(cid:374) there is (cid:862)so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g it is like(cid:863) to (cid:271)e ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g a(cid:374) e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e. The subjective inner components of our phenomenally conscious experience. Tho(cid:373)as nagel: (cid:858)what is it like to (cid:271)e a (cid:271)at? (cid:859) (cid:862)if the su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:272)hara(cid:272)ter of e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e is full(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:373)prehe(cid:374)si(cid:271)le o(cid:374)l(cid:455) fro(cid:373) o(cid:374)e poi(cid:374)t of view, the(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:455) shift to greater o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)it(cid:455) (cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1007)(cid:895) Consciousness is essentially subjective and bound to the first person perspective. But scientific inquiry assumes an objective standpoint, the so-(cid:272)alled (cid:858)(cid:448)ie(cid:449)-from-(cid:374)o(cid:449)here(cid:859). Bat so(cid:374)ar, though (cid:272)learl(cid:455) a for(cid:373) of per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:1006)(cid:895) : bats have a very different conscious experiences from ours. We(cid:859)ll (cid:374)e(cid:448)er k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)hat it(cid:859)s like to (cid:271)e a (cid:271)at.

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