/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15328747
>That it only exists in language.
>>15329604
>With that line of reasoning, you can't pretend that ''qualia'' is and physicalism is not a fiction.
To clarify: if you (Dennet) say that a word for an object relates to something real but words like qualia and consciousness do not, you're still telling a story. Completely unnecessary, because reality exists just fine like it does without needing our story about what it is.