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zombie argument
ZOM-bee AR-gyoo-ment
ˈzɒmbi ˈɑːrɡjʊməntListen
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zombieargument
Dictionary meaning
a thought experiment in philosophy of mind imagining a being physically identical to a human in every way but lacking any subjective conscious experience; if such a philosophical zombie is conceivable, Chalmers argues, then consciousness cannot be fully explained by physical facts alone; a key argument against physicalism
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