What is it that you feel/see/touch/taste/think/etc. instead of simply acting? Why is there a "you" you experience, instead of mere rote action? We label these sorts of things that we use to distinguish between empty existence and our own subjective (personally observed/felt) experience. The thing about humans that distinguish them from P-zombies.
What is it that you feel/see/touch/taste/think/etc. instead of simply acting?
Why do you group together sense perceptions (which I have) with thoughts (which I have), and call them qualia (which I don't have)?
Why is there a "you" you experience, instead of mere rote action?
How are these different?
We label these sorts of things that we use to distinguish between empty existence and our own subjective (personally observed/felt) experience.
How can existence be "empty"? Is subjective experience just sense perception? Because sense...
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