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abstract: 'In this paper I use thought-experiments to argue that functional organization fully determines conscious experience. These thought-experiments involve the gradual replacement of neurons by silicon chips, and similar scenarios. I argue that if "absent qualia" or "inverted qualia", are possible, then phenomena I call "fading qualia" and "dancing qualia" will be possible; but I argue that it is very implausible that fading or dancing qualia are possible. The resulting position is a sort of nonreductive functionalism.'
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keywords: 'consciousness, qualia, experience, artificial intelligence, robots, functionalism'
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publication: Conscious Experience
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title: 'Absent Qualia, Fading Qualia, Dancing Qualia'
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