I hear only Zombies all the time, have you watched too much Resident Evil films?
-J.
Sent from AndroidNicholas Thompson nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote:Robert,
I am sure my colleagues will see immediately the fallacy in your argument:
that it is a case of an Ad-Zombium argument.
Robert,
You are quite right about the Original Zombie. But I want to continue the
conversation about Cartesian Zombies. These are the ones that look like a
duck, quack like a duck, walk like a duck, but they aren't ducks.
I say I am a [Cartesian] Zombie. [I say you are, also, but that
Here's some grounds for denying the non-zombie's account of his zombieness:
the non-zombie is mad or pig-headed or over-familiar with solipsism. Or a
combination of all three.
—R
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Nicholas Thompson
nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote:
Robert,
snipSo, there
Robert,
I am sure my colleagues will see immediately the fallacy in your argument:
that it is a case of an Ad-Zombium argument.
Furthermore, it stipulates that Zombies have a mental life, since a mental
life would seem to be necessary for pigheadedness, madness, OR solipsism.
And since a
On 09/14/2012 06:56 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
For me, consciousness is a point of view, and any telic system has a point
of view. Zombies are telic systems, no?
That's a great question. I would answer no. Zombies cannot be telic
(as I understand that word, of course) because they are
Glen,
Wow! This Zombie thing is WAY more complicated than I thought it was.
Although I haven't read any Kant first hand, I hear him lurking in the
background. For me, a thermostat/furnace system is a telic system. It acts
in such a way as to maintain a set point. So do I, sometimes. Me
You guys clearly know too much about philosophy and not enough about
zombies. Your notion that there is a single type of zombie has long been
discredited. Here's a handy chart that I hope can inform your discussion.
http://www.geekologie.com/image.php?path=/2010/10/05/zombie-chart-full.jpg
—R
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Robert Holmes rob...@robertholmes.orgwrote:
You guys clearly know too much about philosophy and not enough about
zombies. Your notion that there is a single type of zombie has long been
discredited.
Not to mention the original meaning, which is somebody who
And to tie this into the other discussion:
The CDC is looking out for you:
http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies/#/page/1
Curt
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Robert Holmes rob...@robertholmes.orgwrote:
You guys clearly know too much about philosophy and not enough about
zombies. Your
