Re: Qualia Question

"1Z" <peterdjones@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> JPL Verhey wrote:

> > Communicating neural
> > activity is commmunicating experience as any other quale.
>
> If you stick rigidly to the idea tha qualia just ARE neural activity,
> I suppose that would follow. OTOH, the evident difference between talk
> in terms of neurons , and talk in terms of feelings and sensations
> would seem to be a counterexample to an assumption of simple identity.

Why do you think that?

What talk in terms of feelings and sensations can't be explained in terms
of neuron/chemical activity?

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