Philosophy A-Level
Philosophical method and thought experiments
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Our sense of conceiving a zombie may be illusory, resting on incomplete physical knowledge, while defenders reply that such a being is clearly imaginable.
Topics that use Philosophical method and thought experiments
- Dualist theories (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Ability knowledge
- Acquaintance knowledge
- Argument evaluation
- Complete physical information
- Conceivability and possibility
- Consciousness and physicalism
- Critique of the zombie argument
- Knowledge argument structure
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