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Do qualia cause effects, and if so, do these effects offer survival advantages from an evolutionary standpoint?
The ability to process sensory information is an evolutionary advantage. Same as an automatic vacuum cleaner with a camera will clean a room more efficiently than one equipped with just a bumper.
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Do qualia cause effects, and if so, do these effects offer survival advantages from an evolutionary standpoint?
Yes, qualia cause effects, but this does not by itself produce a survival advantage, because every organism has qualia. (Although the specific type of qualia a particular organism experiences may ...
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Do qualia cause effects, and if so, do these effects offer survival advantages from an evolutionary standpoint?
There are many views on what consciousness is, and what its relation is to causation.
Regarding observable differences between conscious and non-conscious entities, there is the idea of philosophical ...
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Way to find a middle ground between functionalism and "panpsychism"?
I do not know. But it is a good question. My understanding is that functionalism refers to minds. Panpsychism proposes consciousness at the universal and fundamental levels. Panpsychism is not ...
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What is the evolutionary function of desire?
Life has evolved to behave in a way that increases the chance of passing on genes. Generally, you are more likely to pass on your genes if you eat, mate, avoid predators and other risks, etc. Your ...
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What is the evolutionary function of desire?
If you start with the premise that knowledge is not innate but desire is
Then that desire creates a curiosity to explore your environment from whence you are concieved and continue from birth.
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What is the evolutionary function of desire?
The desire for food and procreation allow the animal to survive and replicate its genes. A lack of desire would be an evolutionary disadvantage. Excess of desire would cause risk taking and lower ...
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