I digress.

Readings: "Epiphenomenal Qualia" by Frank Jackson, and "What Experience Teaches" by David Lewis Issue: Lewis's Ability Hypothesis--a counterexample? As far as I understand, the Ability Hypothesis objection that Lewis brings to Jackson is in a way adopting a Skinnerian understanding of what knowledge is--that the knowledge of the experience of red "just is the possession of these abilities to rem..

1) What are some types of qualia? Is the difference between the experience of hunger and the experience of sensing the color red a difference in kind or a difference in degree? Can we make a clear distinction between endogenous qualia (usually for desires) and exogenous qualia (usually sensory perception)? 2) Deja-vu: is it a distinct quale in itself? Per 1), would deja-vu count as endogenous qu..