common_law comments on The raw-experience dogma: Dissolving the “qualia” problem - Less Wrong

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Comment author: common_law 18 September 2012 08:27:49AM 0 points [-]

The private-language problem ought to tell us that even if raw experiences exist, then we should not expect to have words to describe raw experience.

Wittgenstein's private-language argument, if sound, would obviate 2c. But 3b is based on Wittgenstein's account not being successful in explaining the absence of private language. It claims to be a solution to the private-language problem, recognizing that Wittgenstein was unsuccessful in solving it.