The Zombie argument against Materialism: the problem of construal and defense

Authors

  • Dmytro Sepety Zaporizhzhya State Medical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31812/apd.v0i16.1870

Keywords:

Consciousness, brain, materialism, dualism, physical, subjective, phenomenal zombie, comprehension, logical possibility

Abstract

The article expounds one of the most influential arguments against materialism in the modern philosophy of mind, the zombie argument. It points out a grave deficiency in David Chalmers’ construal of the argument as involving the entailment from conceivability to logical possibility. Instead, an alternative
construal is proposed and applied to defend the zombie argument against the charge of begging the question.

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Author Biography

Dmytro Sepety, Zaporizhzhya State Medical University

Department of Social Sciences

 

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Published

2017-01-31

How to Cite

Sepety, D. (2017). The Zombie argument against Materialism: the problem of construal and defense. Actual Problems of Mind, (16), 234–249. https://doi.org/10.31812/apd.v0i16.1870

Issue

No. 16 (2015)

Section

PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE AND PHILOSOPHY OF MIND

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Copyright (c) 2015 Dmytro Sepety

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