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DB 10 What is Color?
DB 10 What is Color?
One problem often associated with functionalist theories of mind is the Inverted Spectrum Thought Experiment. One problem for functionalists is that if we experience different qualia from each other yet have similar functional states, then functionalism may not be correct.
One version of this problem is where a certain person “Joe” is born with a different color perception that the rest of us where every time he sees red, we see green, and every time we see red, he sees green.
Part I: If Joe just got a driver’s license and was driving an UBER down Lincoln Blvd with you in the back and was approaching a red light, should you be concerned that he will not stop? Why or why not?
Part II: If we were like Joe and had an inverted color spectrum that is different than other people, would we be able to know this? Explain how we would be able to learn this or why we could not.