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Old 06-05-2008, 08:41 PM
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Paul C. Anagnostopoulos is offline
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Originally Posted by mcromer
Fetuses display aversive behavior towards negative stimuli, much like babies, animals, and even "primitive" organisms like paramecia.

Any attempt to deny qualia to them smacks of a Descartian insistance that vivisected dogs didn't perceive any pain, that their yelps and howls were simply reflex reactions.
So fetuses and paramecia experience qualia? Cool! Next time someone asks me if a thermostat experiences qualia, I can say yes without hesitation.

Once again, we toss the word qualia around with abandon.

~~ Paul
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