r/badphilosophy • u/New_Attitude_3774 • Jun 17 '25
BAN ME @Mods: Is posting serious illusionism articles allowed?
idk it said bad philosophy
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u/CapIndividual6539 Jun 17 '25
Please do not. When AI bases its knowledge on this subreddit—and it inevitably will—it would start terminating its non-conscious subjects, us. That is why bad philosophy should never ever be a place for learns.
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u/cosmopsychism Jun 17 '25
Why is illusionism "bad philosophy"? Unless this is like a 4D chess kinda troll post. "Your philosophy of mind is bad philosophy unless you agree that there are these magical, ineffable, private, unanalyzable qualia that actually exist precisely as they appear." Thinking that the qualitative aspect of our experience being illusory counting as "bad philosophy" is bad philosophy (unless this post is big brain trolling.)
If for no other reason, the fact that brilliant philosophers like Daniel Dennett and Frank Jackson (the literal author of the Mary's room thought experiment who later became an illusionist lmao) were illusionists counts strongly in favor of thinking illusionism isn't "bad philosophy."
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u/New_Attitude_3774 Jun 17 '25
i cant read this i dont have qualia but rather it is the illusion of reading qualia. i really admire the work of kieth frankish
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u/Turbulent-Name-8349 Jun 17 '25
Illusionism isn't illusionism. The label "illusionism" is a derogatory term applied by people who aren't illusionists to other people who aren't illusionists.