Timeline for answer to Why do people hide the assumption contained in the philosophical zombies question/idea? by Professor Sushing
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| Apr 28, 2023 at 15:32 | comment | added | Matthew Christopher Bartsh | "I have a feeling that most of the disagreements about the nature of consciousness are arguments ar cross purpose, but more on that later." Is "later" going to come soon? | |
| Apr 18, 2023 at 13:57 | comment | added | tkruse | Edited, though it does not change the answer in it main content. But if it makes you feel better... | |
| Apr 17, 2023 at 15:13 | comment | added | Matthew Christopher Bartsh | I look forward to hearing your thoughts. | |
| Apr 17, 2023 at 15:02 | comment | added | Professor Sushing | @MatthewChristopherBartsh Well put! The point I was trying to make in my answer is that one person's fact is another's hidden assumption. Incidentally, I have listened to most of those lectures now. I have a feeling that most of the disagreements about the nature of consciousness are arguments ar cross purpose, but more on that later. All the best! | |
| Apr 17, 2023 at 9:38 | comment | added | Matthew Christopher Bartsh | The flat earth theory is intuitive, ancient, and primitive, and doubters were ridiculed and worse, but the doubters prevailed and the theory (or belief or assumption of a flat earth) was proved false. It seems that the unproved and nearly always unquestioned and unreflecting belief in qualia is analogous to flat earth belief. In light of this, it seems to make more sense to reword your remark as follows: "Suppose I asked you to imagine a planet that was locally identical in every respect to Earth, except that it was round. Would you say there was a hidden assumption that the Earth was flat?" | |
| Apr 16, 2023 at 9:49 | comment | added | Matthew Christopher Bartsh | All the best to, you, too. I watched some parts of the series on speed 1.5 because he does sometimes speak very slowly indeed. Enjoy! | |
| Apr 16, 2023 at 8:36 | comment | added | Professor Sushing | @MatthewChristopherBartsh it was very kind of you to let me know. And I must also thank you for posting the link to the series of lectures on Youtube, which I have been playing with great interest. It seems to me that there is a distinction between the zombies of Chalmers and Denote. I will reply again when I have finished the lectures. All the best! | |
| Apr 16, 2023 at 7:40 | comment | added | Matthew Christopher Bartsh | I'm not convinced that I am philosophical zombie, but I do have genuine doubts about the matter, as do many others including Dan Dennett (assuming he isn't convinced that he is zombie). "Bigoted" seems a bit strong. Ignorant and/or (self)deceptive seems possible and reasonable. | |
| Apr 16, 2023 at 7:37 | comment | added | Matthew Christopher Bartsh | I hesitated to edit my question after you had posted an answer, and did so only after reading this Meta answer: philosophy.meta.stackexchange.com/a/5470/58715. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. | |
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| Apr 14, 2023 at 19:13 | history | answered | Professor Sushing | CC BY-SA 4.0 |