Showing posts with label pop culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pop culture. Show all posts
Friday, December 9, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Stanford on Zombies
Here's what Stanford has to say on the topic of zombies...
Zombies in philosophy are imaginary creatures used to illuminate problems about consciousness and its relation to the physical world.
Unlike those in films or witchraft, they are exactly like us in all physical respects but without conscious experiences:
by definition there is ‘nothing it is like’ to be a zombie.
Yet zombies behave just like us, and some even spend a lot of time discussing consciousness.
Click here to read the full article.
Zombies in philosophy are imaginary creatures used to illuminate problems about consciousness and its relation to the physical world.
Unlike those in films or witchraft, they are exactly like us in all physical respects but without conscious experiences:
by definition there is ‘nothing it is like’ to be a zombie.
Yet zombies behave just like us, and some even spend a lot of time discussing consciousness.
Click here to read the full article.
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