The Anti-Zombie Argument
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4351787 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keith Frankish (0000-0003-0968-2944, The Open University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 229 |
| Pages | 650-666 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2007.510.x |
| OpenAlex | W2080766147 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 4 |
The zombie argument has come to occupy a central role in the case for a non‐physicalist theory of consciousness. I seek to turn the tables on ‘zombists’ by showing that a parallel argument can be run for physicalism. This argument invokes anti‐zombies, purely physical creatures which are conscious. I show that using the same resources as those employed by zombists, it is possible to construct an argument from the conceivability of anti‐zombies to the truth of physicalism. I go on to defend the claim that anti‐zombies are conceivable, and to argue that the anti‐zombie argument can be defeated only at the cost of rendering the zombie argument itself redundant. The moral is that dualists should not be zombists
Argument (complex analysis) · Consciousness · Creatures · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Natural (archaeology) · Physicalism · Zombie · Computer Science · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · History · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Philosophy · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
The Inconceivable Popularity of Conceivability Arguments
Minimal dualism and epistemic approach
Mereology is not a Guide to (In)conceivability
Ruh, Bilinç ve Zombiler
Physicalism or Anti-physicalism
Resisting the epistemic argument for compatibilism
Semantic Supervenience
First-person experience cannot rescue causal structure theories from the unfolding argument
Interactionist zombies
Beyond the limits of imagination
Defining consciousness and denying its existence. Sailing between Charybdis and Scylla
Zombies and Epiphenomenalism
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |