Philosophy A-Level
Absent qualia
What Absent qualia means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Absent qualia
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The conclusion that a system is a functional duplicate yet intuitively has no experience, so functional role is not sufficient for mentality.
Topics that use Absent qualia
- Functionalism (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Functional role
- Functionalism
- Functionalism and multiple realisability
- Intuition and thought experiments
- Multiple realisability
- Qualia
- The knowledge argument
- Block's China thought experiment
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