Imagine a being that is molecule-for-molecule identical to you. It walks, talks, and behaves in every observable way exactly as you do. When it stubs its toe, it winces and says "ouch." When it sees a sunset, it...
Phenomenal Zombies and the Conceivability Argument
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Persuasive overall, though I'm not sure the final paragraph closes as tightly as the rest of the piece.
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I think there's an interesting tension between your argument in §1 and the conclusion in §3 that I'd like to draw out. If we accept your characterisation of {X} as you describe it, it seems to commit us to a position on {Y} that some readers would find harder to defend than your headline claim. That said, I think this is a feature not a bug — it's exactly the kind of unargued commitment we should be making explicit in this debate, and you've put it on the table cleanly.
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The framing in §2 is the strongest part. Have you considered how this generalises to {EXTENSION}?
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