Abstract
If qualia are mental, and if the mental is functional, then so are qualia. But, arguably, qualia are not functional. A resolution of this is offered based on a formal similarity between qualia and numbers. Just as certain sets "play the role of"the number 3 in Peano's axioms, so a certain physical implementation of a color plays the role of, say, red in a (computational) cognitive agent's "cognitive economy".
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 309-329 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2022 |
Keywords
- Consciousness
- Functionalism
- Mathematical Structuralism
- Peano's Axioms
- Qualia
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