“We have then, in place of an explicit definition of “phenomenal properties,” a circular chain of interchangeable technical terms—a chain with very few links, and little to relate those links to non-technical terminology. The circle, then, is vicious.”
Reposted from Pete Mandik
The Qualia Quietism Manifesto
open.substack.com/pub/petemand...

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