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concept:philosophical-zombiePhilosophical Zombie
A system functionally identical to a conscious being but lacking phenomenal experience; used in conceivability arguments against functionalism
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- Hard Problem Of Consciousnessassociated_withChalmers' problem: why structural/functional criteria should correlate with subjective experience; acknowledged as unsolvable in 3rd person.
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- The paper's response to the hard problem of consciousness
- Core argument against essentialism: there is no property of consciousness over and above its functional manifestations
- Paper's refutation of philosophical zombie concept via functionalist analogy
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