Transcending Zombies

Transcending Zombies Pete Mandik Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy Coordinator, Cognitive Science Laboratory William Paterson University, New Jersey USA

Reductive Physicalism and Zombies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Transcending Zombies Argument in Brief ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What’s SUCH-AND-SUCH? ,[object Object]

What are concepts? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Transcending Zombies Argument ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Remarks on premises 1, 3, & 4 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

P2: I know that I am not a zombie ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

P2: I know that I am not a zombie (cont’d) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

P1, Part One: Phenomenal Knowledge requires Conceptual Content ,[object Object],If George has the concepts /hard/ and /lumpy/ but not the concept /igneous/, then all George can know about the rock is that it is hard and lumpy and not that it is igneous. hard & lumpy! hard, lumpy, & igneous

P1, Part One: Phenomenal Knowledge requires Conceptual Content (cont’d) ,[object Object],Relative to George’s current conceptual repertoire, that the rock is igneous is unknowable. It is un-conceptualized residue. For all George knows, that rock is not igneous. hard & lumpy! hard, lumpy, & igneous

P1, Part One: Phenomenal Knowledge requires Conceptual Content (cont’d) ,[object Object],If I know that I’m not a zombie, then my current mental states have a set of qualia, Q, such that I know that I have them and no member of which is un-conceptualized residue. Relative to my current qualia, my conceptual repertoire is fully adequate . Mmm, coffee-y! Self-known non-zombie

P1, Part One: Phenomenal Knowledge requires Conceptual Content (cont’d) ,[object Object],If my current qualia are un-conceptualized residue, then for all I know I don’t have them. For all I know, I’m a zombie. Mmm, coffee-y! Self-known non-zombie

P1, Part Two: Phenomenal Knowledge requires Egocentricity ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

P1, Part Two: Phenomenal Knowledge requires Egocentricity (cont’d) ,[object Object],If I’m incapable of representing my qualia as mine, then I can know that someone has qualia without knowing that it’s me. Whose coffee qualia are these? WTF!? Ignorant coffee fiend

P1, Part Three: Conceptualized Egocentric Content is Phenomenal Character ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

P1, Part Three: Conceptualized Egocentric Content is Phenomenal Character (cont’d) ,[object Object],[object Object]

P1, Part Three: Conceptualized Egocentric Content is Phenomenal Character (cont’d) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

P1, Part Three: Conceptualized Egocentric Content is Phenomenal Character (cont’d) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

P4: My Physical Properties Fix My Conceptualized and Egocentric Contents ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

P4: My Physical Properties Fix My Conceptualized and Egocentric Contents (cont’d) ,[object Object],[object Object]

Conceptualism, Part One: Explaining Appearances ,[object Object]

Conceptualism, Part One: Explaining Appearances ,[object Object],[object Object]

Conceptualism, Part One: Explaining Appearances ,[object Object],[object Object],011001 Blue dog White dog

Conceptualism, Part Two: Explaining Diachronic-Discrimination Failures ,[object Object]

Conceptualism, Part Two: Explaining Diachronic-Discrimination Failures ,[object Object],MASK!

Conceptualism, Part Two: Explaining Diachronic-Discrimination Failures ,[object Object],[object Object]

Conceptualism, Part Two: Explaining Diachronic-Discrimination Failures ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conceptualism, Part Two: Explaining Diachronic-Discrimination Failures ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Concluding summary ,[object Object]

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