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David Rosenthal: Mental Qualities | WSB #28

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Suppose you see a round red ball. This appearance of redness and roundness - what is it?

David Rosenthal, a philosopher of mind, lays out two ways of approaching "mental qualities". There is the consciousness-based approach, which posits that only consciousness gives us access to perceptual "qualia" like color and smell. And there is the perceptual-role approach: the view that we know about mental qualities through their role in perceptual discrimination. Rosenthal argues for the latter and develops a "quality space theory" to describe what mental qualities are in these terms. Along the way, he discusses subliminal perception and priming effects, the "undetectable inversion" hypothesis (basically this idea), and why he thinks there is no "hard problem of consciousness" at all.

Next week: David Rosenthal: Consciousness

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David Rosenthal (homepage)"How to Think about Mental Qualities" by David Rosenthal

Topics discussed:

0:20 - Intro to David Rosenthal1:02 - Consciousness based approach to mental qualities7:23 - Perceptual role approach to mental qualities9:55 - Immediacy?13:32 - First v. third person access20:22 - The hard problem of consciousness31:13 - Subliminal perception and priming40:15 - Quality space theory45:49 - Undetectable inversion hypothesis

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Suppose you see a round red ball. This appearance of redness and roundness - what is it?

David Rosenthal, a philosopher of mind, lays out two ways of approaching "mental qualities". There is the consciousness-based approach, which posits that only consciousness gives us access to perceptual "qualia" like color and smell. And there is the perceptual-role approach: the view that we know about mental qualities through their role in perceptual discrimination. Rosenthal argues for the latter and develops a "quality space theory" to describe what mental qualities are in these terms. Along the way, he discusses subliminal perception and priming effects, the "undetectable inversion" hypothesis (basically this idea), and why he thinks there is no "hard problem of consciousness" at all.

Next week: David Rosenthal: Consciousness

Visit http://williamnava.com for more info!

Special thanks to Jackie Blum for the podcast art, and The Tin Box for the theme music.Click here for the full list of episodes!

Sources:

David Rosenthal (homepage)"How to Think about Mental Qualities" by David Rosenthal

Topics discussed:

0:20 - Intro to David Rosenthal1:02 - Consciousness based approach to mental qualities7:23 - Perceptual role approach to mental qualities9:55 - Immediacy?13:32 - First v. third person access20:22 - The hard problem of consciousness31:13 - Subliminal perception and priming40:15 - Quality space theory45:49 - Undetectable inversion hypothesis

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