The Zombie Argument 

I’ve been trying my best to mention your channel around the skeptic/RU-vid community. This channel, along with a few others, actually helped in persuading me to take a hiatus from my job in genetics research to further pursue a degree in philosophy. At this point, I’m not sure that one can truly be a good scientist without having a reasonably sufficient understanding of Philosophy of science and epistemology. Keep up the good work 👍.

2:22 *_"i'm just probably gonna say zombie throughout the video because saying philosophical zombie over and over again is kind of exhausting"_* Most people I know just call it a P-zombie. It's way easier to say and type. Goes to show how nerdy we are.

My doppelgänger strikes again with another great video. 👌😆

Nice job, I like this. There are relevant neuroscientific arguments. Does the mind create the brain or does the brain create the mind? Look at the debate between neurosurgeon Egnor and philosopher Papineau.

How do you know your experiencing the world and not just saying you are?

Thanks. very interesting video. I'm really interested in second primise. do you have any good reading recommendation for me?

1. Coffee creamer is needed to experience the pleasure of drinking coffee. 2. Only zombies drink black coffee. 3. Thus, zombie Issa does not experience the pleasure of drinking coffee because she does not have creamer 😂 Lol. Humor aside, this was very informative. Do you think you could do a series on the philosophy of science? I think it would be nice to have some sort videos that I could use to reference, revise, and review quickly concerning some of the main topics/issues in the philosophy of science. Great video overall. 👌

What definition are people violating? (In Dennett's critique of premise 1)

this explains why people living on and in a higher conciousness vibration have wider and more viewed experiences then the majority of humanity who thinks those people are crazy.... they are not zombies but they are much less aware (sleeping) then a higher conciousness being so therefore can not se the same experiences as the higher conciousness person sees and experience. just like a person being on drugs experiencing things a person next to him....(not on drugs) does not se and feel and experience because they are not on the same lvl of mind and vibration.

I like your videos, and I do hope you continue making them. I hope you find the inspiration that helps you move through the challenges in your life and help you to share your knowledge and understanding with the World 🙏✨✨✨ Having said that……. This is a subject for people who simply like the exercise of rolling thoughts around in their minds, without those thoughts having any real bearing on their own Reality 😂 A ‘conceivable philosophical zombie’? 🤣😜 Omg, really? And this guy is renowned as a philosopher??? 🤣😂 Listen: the ‘argument’ between ‘materialism/physicalism’ ….. and the REALITY that we are certainly both physical AND non-physical could be swiftly resolved if Scientists and Philosophers alike would turn their focus to the most fundamental aspect of what it means to be Human: Emotion. Are Emotions physical? (I don’t mean the chemicals, I mean the cause of the experience, ie is “LOVE” a PHYSICAL phenomenon?) If they (and their cause) are not physical …. Are they ‘real’? [ People have ‘Emotions’ over hypothetical situations, fiction, imagination, projected assumptions, etc. …. ALL THE TIME!!! ] If they are not ‘real’ …. Why can’t I stop myself from feeling them? [ Some Scientists like to pretend they don’t have emotions …. That’s not the same as actually not experiencing them] Since I can’t stop myself from feeling them, they must have a ‘cause’ beyond my own human physicality. What is that ‘cause’? There IS an answer to this question. It’s in the Veda’s, the Gita, the Yoga Sutras …. It’s in A Course in Miracles, the work of Abraham (and Esther Hicks), and has been answered again and again by metaphysics (not religion) and ‘new age’ systems with clarity and precision. You are NOT simply a Physical Being. Emotions are a function of vibrational relativity between two points of focus that converge in the sensations within your physical body. 1) Your Human Focus 2) Your ‘Non-Physical’ Focus [ Some Systems Call this “Soul”] That’s all I’m going to say about that. When we stop ignoring the actual substance of our Humanity in favor of these disembodied philosophical mind games….. [mental masturbation😜]….. We discover answers that make a lot more sense than any ‘philosophical zombie’ ever could 🧟‍♀️ 🧟‍♂️ 🧟 The problem is that many scientists and philosophers equate ‘spirituality’ with the purposely manipulative fiction of ‘religion,’ and completely ignore huge aspects of Human Experience because of their patent rejection of religious indoctrination. I don’t blame them! I don’t want to be indoctrinated either! But, ironically, their attempt to separate ‘reason’ from actual Human Experience turns their arguments into meaningless mental exercises. ✨🙏✨

Argument from "conceivably possibly" is a bit strange to me. I could conceive of Boeing 747 flying backwards. However this is impossible based on what we know about aerodynamics. I know it's a way of philosophical reasoning, but it doesn't seem legitimate.

Love this . U r amazing teacher. Way to go philogirlie. 🔥🔥🔥 fire vid just like u 👅

I always found the topic of p zombies quite odd. Imagine we were all p zombies in this given moment and consciousness never existed, u reckon we would be even discussing this topic at all lool. But yeah I have a really good arguments against p zombie (with scienfic proof e.g. sensory deprivation test on animals and etc), but I cannot ever understand the existence of qualia, or the reason why am I conscious specifically to this brain and not other brains. Just my 2 cents, anyways nice video keep it up!!!

I like your videos on the philosophy of mind. Could you do a short video describing your interests in the subject? For instance, whether the subject is a core part of your academic focus or whether it is just an interesting side to something else you're studying. Is your interest religious or scientific or purely philosophical? And what is your thought about mental states? What do you think they are? Or your thoughts on panpsychism and theories like Johnjoe McFadden's cemi theory?

Hi, do you have Twitter/Discord/Telegram? I’d like to discuss this argument with you if that’s fine with you.