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Philosophical Zombification • A Theory of Animal Justice • Afflicted by Science • Deceived About Deception • Pragmatism In Practice • Heidegger Can’t Hide • Hi Literacy • Low Literacy • Tallis Through The Looking Glass • More Fallacies

Philosophical Zombification

Dear Editor: There is a flaw in Philip Goff’s analysis of the zombie threat to a science of mind in the last issue. The flaw comes from thinking within a conceptual model that implies determinism but then neglects deterministic logic.

Let me explain what I mean by that. Goff’s analysis requires determinism, because admitting free will rules his whole argument out of court. Suppose I had my own philosophical zombie whose behaviour was identical to my own but who lacked consciousness, and therefore lacked free will.

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