Comment by selcuka
7 days ago
That's the basis of the p-zombies thought experiment discussed (and dismissed without any real arguments) in the article.
7 days ago
That's the basis of the p-zombies thought experiment discussed (and dismissed without any real arguments) in the article.
P-zombies cannot be argued about, if you reject their existence your opponent will call you a p-zombie (happened to Dennett).
It's a fair point, though. If one rejects a subjective experience without any doubt, the most plausible explanation is that they don't have that subjective experience.
If I tell you that I see numbers as colours, and you say "that's not possible", I would assume that you don't have synesthesia [1]. I wouldn't doubt the fact that I have it [2].
Similarly, if some people argue that consciousness is not something like I describe, I would naturally assume that they don't experience it the same way as I do.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
[2] Someone I know has synesthesia. I don't have any way to confirm or deny that. All I can say is I don't have it.