When1: 1995
When2: 2003
Who: Ned Block [Block, Ned]
What: philosopher
Where: USA
works\ On a confusion about a function of consciousness [1995]; What is Functionalism? [1996]; Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates [1997: with Owen Flanagan and Güven Güzeldere, editors]
Detail: He lived 1942 to ?.
Mind
What happens if individuals in China physically perform same algorithm used by conscious people {Chinese nation example} {China brain example}. Does chess machine that uses lookup table to know all best moves in all positions have intelligence? Does robot with all human behaviors have intelligence? Can qualia be missing or interchanged?
Sense qualities and experiences are a consciousness type {phenomenal consciousness, Block} (p-consciousness). Mental representations, used for rational thoughts and actions, are a consciousness type {access consciousness, Block} (a-consciousness). Access consciousness is under conscious control and includes self-consciousness, creativity, discrimination, generalization, and behavior flexibility.
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