Why Phenomenal Zombies Are Conceivable Whereas Anti-Zombies Are not

In this article, I discuss Keith Frankish’s attempt to neutralize the zombie argument against materialism with a closely parallel argument for physicalism, the anti-zombie argument, and develop David Chalmers’ reply to this species of arguments. I support Chalmers’ claim that the conceivability of...

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Prif Awdur: Dmytro Sepetyi
Fformat: Erthygl
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Academy of Cognitive and Natural Sciences 2019-11-01
Cyfres:Актуальні проблеми духовності
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Mynediad Ar-lein:https://journal.kdpu.edu.ua/apd/article/view/2598
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Crynodeb:In this article, I discuss Keith Frankish’s attempt to neutralize the zombie argument against materialism with a closely parallel argument for physicalism, the anti-zombie argument, and develop David Chalmers’ reply to this species of arguments. I support Chalmers’ claim that the conceivability of situations like the existence of an anti-zombie is problematic with an analysis that makes it plausible that the idea of an anti-zombie is incoherent, and argue that to counter this, a materialist should deny the absence of a priori entailment from the physical to the phenomenal; however, this would involve the denial of the conceivability of zombies and so make the anti-zombie argument superfluous.
ISSN:2076-7382
2522-4786