Los qualia: naturaleza y problemas en la realidad simulada de Nick Bostrom

Abstract

The present work develops a brief analysis, under the framework established by the simulation argument proposed by Bostrom, of the nature and problems of qualia, so that, for its development, in a first space the mind-body problem is embroidered , in parallel with the problem of consciousness, in a discussion regarding the most influential currents that give rise to and openness to the problem of conscious expertise, which opens the way in the debate to establish itself as a problem in itself in philosophy of the mind. In this way and under the different contributions that some philosophers who have made to this problem until today, it is sought to understand, as these experiences, qualia are presented in a virtual simulation, framed by Bostrom's argument, which exposes that it is possible that humanity in a civilization can implement, when it reaches a Post-human stage, a simulation of its ancestors. Argument that takes up assumptions of the philosophy of mind, more exactly of functionalism, allowing and focusing the analysis not only to make the experience of qualia possible for those who have a brain like that of a human being, but only a functional system, in the one that the complexity of its functional relationships allows the experience of qualitative sensations such as color.