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> Any adequate description of consciousness will break down in to "does this thing have an internal life of the mind, a subjective experience of reality, so to
by MaxBarraclough 7y ago
> Any adequate description of consciousness will break down in to "does this thing have an internal life of the mind, a subjective experience of reality, so to speak, or is it merely an extremely convincing automaton?"
Not so. Not all theories of consciousness allow for the existence of 'p-zombies'.
- michaelmrose 7y agoWithout dualism what is a p-zombie? Anything that related external events to an internal state that contained a model of self would be conscious. Where would there be a line between fake and real even if artificial?