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Zombie Brains

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In his Philosophical Zombie thought experiment, David Chalmers (1996) proposed that one could conceive of an individual that is physically identical to you, right down to the molecular level, but does not have any phenomenally conscious state whatsoever. This is one phrasing of his “Hard Problem of Consciousness”, namely, why should physical processing give rise […]

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Consciousness

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Consciousness is an endlessly fascinating topic. This is a short presentation that was used to facilitate a seminar on same which introduces some key terms and pointers to some of the leading thinkers in this area.