2010-03-28
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Describing zombies
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Derek AllanAustralian National University
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Hi Peter
In essence my objection boils down to saying that the zombie hypothesis is incoherent. And an incoherent hypothesis can't serve any purpose at all - in fact it doesn't even reach the level of a hypothesis.
So my advice is: Don't bother puzzling about it. It doesn't help us with the problem of consciousness. It's a red herring.
(I might add that for this reason I think the debate about whether or not zombies are "conceivable" misses the point. That risks suggesting that the idea is coherently formulated in the first place, which it isn't.)
DA
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