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Single Idea 5808
[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / a. Nature of qualia
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Full Idea
The Representational Thesis of mind identifies the qualities of experience - qualia - with the properties objects are represented as having.
Gist of Idea
Qualia are just the properties objects are represented as having
Source
Fred Dretske (Naturalizing the Mind [1997], §3.2)
Book Ref
Dretske,Fred: 'Naturalizing the Mind' [MIT 1997], p.73
A Reaction
This seems to challenge the distinction between primary and secondary qualities, of which I am very fond. Is 'looks beautiful' a property of an object? Is the feeling of anger a property of an object? Qualia are properties of brains?
The
18 ideas
from Fred Dretske
19544
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Closure says if you know P, and also know P implies Q, then you must know Q
[Dretske]
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19545
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We needn't regret the implications of our regrets; regretting drinking too much implies the past is real
[Dretske]
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19547
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Reasons for believing P may not transmit to its implication, Q
[Dretske]
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19546
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Knowing by visual perception is not the same as knowing by implication
[Dretske]
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19548
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The only way to preserve our homely truths is to abandon closure
[Dretske]
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19549
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P may imply Q, but evidence for P doesn't imply evidence for Q, so closure fails
[Dretske]
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19550
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We know past events by memory, but we don't know the past is real (an implication) by memory
[Dretske]
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6445
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You have knowledge if you can rule out all the relevant alternatives to what you believe
[Dretske, by DeRose]
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5801
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A mouse hearing a piano played does not believe it, because it lacks concepts and understanding
[Dretske]
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5802
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Representations are in the head, but their content is not, as stories don't exist in their books
[Dretske]
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5805
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Introspection does not involve looking inwards
[Dretske]
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5803
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In a representational theory of mind, introspection is displaced perception
[Dretske]
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5804
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A representational theory of the mind is an externalist theory of the mind
[Dretske]
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5806
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Belief is the power of metarepresentation
[Dretske]
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5807
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Introspection is the same as the experience one is introspecting
[Dretske]
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5808
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Qualia are just the properties objects are represented as having
[Dretske]
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5809
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Some activities are performed better without consciousness of them
[Dretske]
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5800
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All mental facts are representation, which consists of informational functions
[Dretske]
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