In the essay “The Intrinsic Quality of Experience,” Gilbert Harman introduced this term to explain the phenomenological difference between viewing a tree and viewing an artistic depiction of a tree. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this two-word phrase describing the non-representational features of experience.
ANSWER: mental paint
[10m] This NYU philosopher argues that empirical studies of attention support the existence of mental paint. This philosopher’s “head” names a computer theoretically capable of passing a Turing test without demonstrating intelligence.
ANSWER: Ned Block [accept Blockhead]
[10e] Block imagined the people of this country simulating the activity of neurons. John Searle sought to refute the possibility of strong AI with a thought experiment in which a computer is able to converse in the main language of this country.
ANSWER: China [accept Chinese room argument]
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