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Philosophical zombie

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A philosophical zombie or p-zombie argument is a thought experiment in philosophy of mind that imagines a hypothetical being that is physically identical to and indistinguishable from a normal person but does not have conscious experience, qualia, or sentience. For example, if a philosophical zombie were poked with a sharp object it would not inwardly feel any pain, yet it would outwardly behave exactly as if it did feel pain, including verbally expressing pain. Relatedly, a zombie world is a hypothetical world indistinguishable from our world but in which all beings lack conscious experience.

Philosophical zombie - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thought experiment in philosophy For other uses, see Zombie (disambiguation) . In philosophy of mind , a philosophical zombie (or " p-zombie ") is a being in a thought experiment that is physically identical to a normal human being but does not have conscious experience . [ 1 ] For example, if a philosophical zombie were poked with a sharp object, it would not feel any pain, but it would react exactly the way any conscious human would. In other words, the being has full access consciousness but no phenomenal

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