Zombies in philosophy are imaginary creatures designed to illuminate problems about
consciousness and its relation to the physical world. Unlike the ones in films or witchcraft …

Perceptual experiences justify beliefs. A perceptual experience of a dog justifies the belief
that there is a dog present. But there is much evidence that perceptual states can occur …

One of the most popular arguments in favor of dualism is the zombie-conceivability
argument. It is often argued that the possibility of zombies would entail that mental properties …

This paper is mostly about the role of modal system S5 in conceivability arguments against,
as well as in the defense of, different versions of physicalism. Jonathon VandenHombergh …

We ask how to use machine learning to expand observability, which presently depends on
human learning that informs conceivability. The issue is engaged by considering the …

Bu makale, zombiler örneği üzerinden metafizik ve fiziksel hakikat arasındaki ilişkiyi ele
almaktadır. Felsefede zombi, fiziksel tüm açılardan insana benzeyen ancak bilinci olmayan …

Locke's argument for God's immateriality in Essay IV x is usually interpreted as involving a
principle that in some way prohibits the causation of thought by matter. I reject these causal …

Abstract Conceivability arguments (Descartes in Discourse on method; and, meditations on
first philosophy, Hackett Pub. Co, Indianapolis, 1993; Kripke in: Munitz (ed) Identity and …

The Plantinga‐type ontological argument may be tersely represented as follows:(1) If a
maximally great being (MGB) is possible, then a MGB exists;(2) a MGB is possible;(3) …

In this dissertation I offer my objections to three famous arguments concerning the mindbody
problem. The first argument is Saul Kripke's (1980) modal argument against psychophysical …