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Inverted spectrum — is the apparent possibility of two people sharing their colour vocabulary and discriminations, although the colours one sees mdash; their qualia mdash; are systematically different from the colours the other person sees. The argument dates back… … Wikipedia
Qualia — (pronEng|ˈkwɑːliə) is an unfamiliar term for something that could not be more familiar to each of us: the ways things seem to us [ [http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/quinqual.htm Dennett, D. Quining Qualia ] ] . They can be defined as qualities … Wikipedia
Functionalism (philosophy of mind) — Functionalism is a theory of the mind in contemporary philosophy, developed largely as an alternative to both the identity theory of mind and behaviourism. Its core idea is that mental states (beliefs, desires, being in pain, etc.) are… … Wikipedia
Single-sideband modulation — (SSB) is a refinement of amplitude modulation that more efficiently uses electrical power and bandwidth. It is closely related to vestigial sideband modulation (VSB) (see below).Amplitude modulation produces a modulated output signal that has… … Wikipedia
Color vision — White light shone onto a green surface is perceived as green by the human eye, and processed as such in the brain s visual cortex … Wikipedia
analytic philosophy — n. a 20th cent. philosophic movement characterized by its method of analyzing concepts and statements in the light of common experience and ordinary language so as to eliminate confusions of thought and resolve many traditional philosophical… … Universalium
Thought experiment — A thought experiment (from the German Gedankenexperiment ) is a proposal for an experiment that would test a hypothesis or theory but cannot actually be performed due to practical limitations; instead its purpose is to explore the potential… … Wikipedia
Explanatory gap — The basic idea of the explanatory gap is that human experience (such as qualia) cannot be fully explained by mechanical processes; that something extra, perhaps even of a different metaphysical type, must be added to fill the gap . The… … Wikipedia
Mary's room — (also known as Mary the super scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed by Frank Jackson in his article Epiphenomenal Qualia (1982) and extended in What Mary Didn t Know (1986). The argument is intended to motivate what is often… … Wikipedia
Philosophical zombie — A philosophical zombie or p zombie in the philosophy of mind and perception is a hypothetical being that is indistinguishable from a normal human being except in that it lacks conscious experience, qualia, or sentience.[1] When a zombie is poked… … Wikipedia
