Tag: Jeffrey A. Gray

On the everything list there was a discussion, where Stathis Papaioannou has mentioned that “the thermostat feels cold” (the discussion is long, the first message relevant is #350 with a subject bruno list): http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list/t/1dadda0d2b84f605 Below there are a few quotes that shows the context and then my answer. More at the link above. Bruno Marchal…

Below there is my message to the everything-list (see Unconsciousness components): http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list/t/1dadda0d2b84f605 It is tricky to prove consciousness from behavior. Yet, it seems sometimes to be possible under some mild assumptions. To this end I will briefly describe below an experiment that has been done to prove that a monkey has conscious visual perception (p.…

Jeffrey A. Gray, Consciousness: Creeping up on the Hard Problem. I find this book very interesting. The author considers in the book actually conscious experience only, for him consciousness == conscious experience. In other words, the book is about qualia from the viewpoint of neuroscience. p. 4. “This, then, are the ‘consciousness experiences’ that this…