Qualia

thought experiment arguing that a computer cannot exhibit "understanding"

upright=0.65|thumb|The "redness" of red is an example of a quale.

Epiphenomenalism is a philosophical theory on the mind–body problem in philosophy of mind. It holds that subjective mental events are completely dependent for their existence on corresponding physical and biochemical events within the human body, but do not themselves influence physical events. According to epiphenomenalism, the appearance that subjective mental states (such as thoughts and intentions) are causally effective themselves and directly influence physical events is an illusion generated by brain regions such as the prefrontal cortex, with consciousness itself being a by-product of

the claim that people's common-sense understanding of the mind (or folk psychology) is false and that certain classes of mental states that most people believe in do not exist

thought experiment in philosophy

philosophical thought experiment: “a brilliant scientist has investigated the neurophysiology of vision from a black and white room via a black and white monitor; will she learn anything new if she is given a color monitor?”

theory in the philosophy of perception

philosophical position on the mind-body problem

thought experiment