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Zapping the zombies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2009

Robert Kirk

Abstract

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In the philosophy of mind, zombies often make an appearance. It seems we can conceive of zombies — beings physically exactly like ourselves but lacking conscious experience. There may not actually be any zombies, of course. But the suggestion that they could exist does at least seem to make sense. Or does it? Robert Kirk investigates.

Type
Research Article
Information
Think , Volume 5 , Issue 13 , Summer 2006 , pp. 47 - 58
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2006