On Thursday, October 16, 2014, David Nyman <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote:
> On 15 October 2014 14:38, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guess he would say, as Dennett does, that zombies are impossible. >> > > But how is the statement "there is no subjective impression" consistent > with the view that zombies are impossible? Surely the very definition of a > zombie is something that possesses all the physical correlates of > subjectivity but lacks a "subjective impression"? That's precisely what > he's arguing for. > If consciousness is merely a side-effect of conscious-like behaviour then zombies are impossible. I still maintain that the consciousness-deniers can't really think that they're unconscious since that would be absurd. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
