TY - GEN ID - cogprints318 UR - http://cogprints.org/318/ A1 - Chalmers, David J. Y1 - 1995/// N2 - In this paper I use thought-experiments to argue that functional organization fully determines conscious experience. These thought-experiments involve the gradual replacement of neurons by silicon chips, and similar scenarios. I argue that if "absent qualia" or "inverted qualia", are possible, then phenomena I call "fading qualia" and "dancing qualia" will be possible; but I argue that it is very implausible that fading or dancing qualia are possible. The resulting position is a sort of nonreductive functionalism. PB - Schoningh/Imprint Academic. KW - consciousness KW - qualia KW - experience KW - artificial intelligence KW - robots KW - functionalism TI - Absent Qualia, Fading Qualia, Dancing Qualia SP - 309 AV - public EP - 328 ER -