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Single Idea 7380

[catalogued under 17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism]

Full Idea

All visual experience is composed of activities of neural circuits whose very activity is innately pleasing to us.

Gist of Idea

Visual experience is composed of neural activity, which we find pleasing

Source

Daniel C. Dennett (Consciousness Explained [1991], 12.6)

Book Reference

Dennett,Daniel C.: 'Consciousness Explained' [Penguin 1993], p.409


A Reaction

This is the nearest I can find to Dennett saying something eliminativist. It seems to beg the question of who 'us' refers to, and what is being pleased, and how it is 'pleased' by these neural circuits. The Hard Question?