Re: [TCS] What is empathy
David Deutsch <david.deutsch-LR/[email protected]>
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On 14 Dec 2012, at 15:57, Jean Dutertre <jean_dutertre-1tsiiZ//[email protected]> wrote: > Le 13/12/2012 23:46, David Deutsch a écrit : >> >> On 13 Dec 2012, at 10:17, Jean Dutertre <jean_dutertre-1tsiiZ//[email protected] >> <mailto:jean_dutertre%40orange.fr>> wrote: >> >>> empathy is a matter of mirror neurons (see Giacomo Rizzolatti and/or >>> Vilayanur Ramachandran) >> >> But not just mirror neurons, right? (I mean, presumably mirror neurons >> in vitro would neither experience nor cause any empathy.) >> >> So, empathy is a matter of mirror neurons plus -- what? >> > Of course mirror neurons (as any other neuron) « experience » nothing > out of a living brain. BTW, "red" "green" or "blue" cones in the retina > experience no qualia out of the visual areas of the brain (around thirty > different areas). So, are colour qualia a matter of cones in the retina? -- David Deutsch