2010-05-08
Describing zombies
RE: "You'll have to read Chalmers for his view on the relationship between experience and consciousness. For phenomenal consciousness they'd be more or less synonymous terms.  "

From what you said I thought you were familiar with his position. I don't think you are right in saying that consciousness and phenomenal consciousness are regarded as the same - even "more or less".  Of course, as I've said, I think the distinction is bunkum anyway but that's another matter.

I should perhaps explain that in general I find the analytic approach to consciousnesses so tedious and question-begging I cannot bring myself to read much of it. So you are quite right in saying that I do not have a "a close familiarity" with it. I would not bother with the topic at all but I happen to think it important in itself and I hate to see it trivialized in the way analytic philosophy so consistently does. (Hollywood movie zombies etc)

DA