I would considering adding the encoding of the memory of such a sensory experience. On Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 6:40 PM James Lyons-Weiler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We can define redness as reflection or emission of light with wavelength > around 700 nm.h > > My description is of an encoding of the word/thought symbol for the > sensory experience of reflection or emission of light with wavelength > around 700 nm. I wouldaddhh > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 6:31 PM Brent Allsop <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hi James, >> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 1:13 PM James Lyons-Weiler < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> By "representation of" I mean "neurological encoding of", i.e., a >>> physical representation of an abstract concept for a real-world thing. >>> >> >> Right, but when you say it like this, there is nothing that defines >> redness? You do not do “neurological encoding of” redness. Redness is an >> intrinsic quality you can represent information with. For example, our >> description of how glutamate behaves in a synapse, could be a description >> of your intrinsic redness, and our description of how glycine behaves in a >> synapse could be the description of your intrinsic greenness. You could >> represent ‘red’ things with either your redness(glutamate) or my redness >> (glycine). You must specify a specific intrinsic quality, if you are to >> know what one means by redness, you cannot just make an abstract statement >> like: “represented by neurotically encoding” >> >> >> ############################ >> >> To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the >> following link: >> http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 >> > ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1