Berlinski responds skeptically to consciousness as a philosophical problem, saying that it is a 'fashionable' claim to be puzzled by it, and that the fact that he cannot experience others' sensations is not itself a philosophical problem—it is merely a fact of sensory privacy.
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David BerlinskiEvidence Quote
“someone says i'm deeply puzzled about consciousness everybody says that that's a very fashionable thing they say in teen vogue for heaven's sakes but i would like to have a better sense of what is prompting the puzzlement”
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