Chalmers' conceivability argument for dualism

Anthony L. Brueckner

Chalmers' conceivability argument for dualism

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Abstract	In The Conscious Mind, D. Chalmers appeals to his semantic framework in order to show that conceivability, as employed in his "zombie" argument for dualism , is sufficient for genuine possibility. I criticize this attempt
Keywords	Consciousness Dualism Metaphysics Mind Possibility Chalmers, D
Categories	African/Africana Philosophy, Miscellaneous in African/Africana Philosophy Conceivability, Imagination, and Possibility in Metaphysics Zombies and the Conceivability Argument in Philosophy of Mind (categorize this paper)
DOI	10.1111/1467-8284.00293
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