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The Problem With Zombies

Rebecca Hanrahan says that just because you can imagine zombies doesn’t mean they’re possible, or that they can tell us anything about consciousness.

We know all sorts of things. We know whether it is raining, whether the computer is on or off, and whether the kettle is boiling. And putting aside the worries of the skeptic, we understand how we came to have such knowledge. Our senses informed us of these facts. But not only do we know these sorts of empirical facts, we also have knowledge of modal facts: facts about possibilities.

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