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> Consciousness, which nobody really ever defines clearly "An organism has conscious mental states if and only if there is something that it is like to be that
by jrgoj 6y ago
> Consciousness, which nobody really ever defines clearly
"An organism has conscious mental states if and only if there is something that it is like to be that organism -— something it is like for the organism." [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_It_Like_to_Be_a_Bat%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_It_Like_to_Be_a_Bat%3F
- weeblewobble 6y agoAlso see this response/critique by Hofstadter and Dennett (OCRed so a bit mangled, you have to jump around a little bit. http://themindi.blogspot.com/2007/02/chapter-24-what-is-it-like-to-be-bat.html http://themindi.blogspot.com/2007/02/chapter-24-what-is-it-l...