Anathem sits on my bookshelf in the pile of the Great Unread. "I've been meaning to read that..."
Plato is the originator of the thought that words refer to thoughts. Modern philosophy of language hasn't moved on *that* far, despite all the fancy logical notation.
Stephenson also discussed qualia in depth in Fall; or: Dodge in Hell but a) not a good book and b) he discusses it explicitly in the framework of conceptualizing and designing a virtual afterlife to upload consciousness to, so sort of contrary to your purposes.
Neal Stephenson does a great job talking about "the six-ness of six" type philosophy in his novel Anathem. With referencing back to Platonic thought.
Anathem sits on my bookshelf in the pile of the Great Unread. "I've been meaning to read that..."
Plato is the originator of the thought that words refer to thoughts. Modern philosophy of language hasn't moved on *that* far, despite all the fancy logical notation.
Stephenson also discussed qualia in depth in Fall; or: Dodge in Hell but a) not a good book and b) he discusses it explicitly in the framework of conceptualizing and designing a virtual afterlife to upload consciousness to, so sort of contrary to your purposes.
Oh yes. This. I think about this a lot.