GE CLST 73A Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Qualia, Physicalism

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Consciousness- and mind body problem (ch 6 of crane) There are two things that we(crane) say are conscious. A creature is conscious when there is something in its like to be that creature. Where there is not something that is like to be a rock, toaster or piece of fruit. But there is something to be in pain, or to taste vanilla ice cream, or for a bat, there is something it is like to locate prey via echolocation. However, there is not something it is like to convert carbohydrates into energy (its not a conscious process) (are there examples of mental states or processes that are similar?) Freud thought there were impulses and goals and desires that we weren"t conscious of. There is something that is like to occurrently believe suvs are edible ( ocurrently = currently thinking about) What it is like" which indicates a variety of subjectivity or point of view.

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