Mohammadian, Mousa (2020) If consciousness causes collapse, the zombie argument fails. Synthese.
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Many non-physicalists, including Chalmers, hold that the zombie argument succeeds in rejecting the physicalist view of consciousness. Some non-physicalists, including, again, Chalmers, hold that quantum collapse interactionism (QCI), i.e., the idea that non-physical consciousness causes collapse of the wave function in phenomena such as quantum measurement, is a viable interactionist solution for the problem of the relationship between the physical world and the non-physical consciousness. In this paper, I argue that if QCI is true, the zombie argument fails. In particular, I show that if QCI is true, a zombie world physically identical to our world is impossible because there is at least one law of nature, a fundamental law of physics in particular, that exist only in the zombie world but not in our world. This shows that philosophers like Chalmers are committing an error in endorsing the zombie argument and QCI at the same time.
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| Keywords: | The zombie argument Zombies Laws of nature Interactionism Collapse of the wave function | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics |
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| Depositing User: | Mousa Mohammadian | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2020 03:23 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2020 03:23 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 17984 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Synthese | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02828-4 | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s11229-020-02828-4 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Physics |
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| Date: | 2020 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17984 |
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