Philosophical Zombies: Exploring Consciousness and Physicalism

This essay delves into the philosophical concept of zombies, exploring the arguments for and against their possibility. It begins by introducing the idea of philosophical zombies as beings physically identical to humans but lacking conscious experience, and then discusses Descartes' views on non-human beings. The essay argues for the possibility of philosophical zombies, examining the mind-body problem, qualia, and physicalism. It explores various arguments, including the conceivability of zombies, the potential for identical particles to exist, and the implications of artificial intelligence. The essay also addresses counterarguments, such as the challenge to physicalism, and concludes by suggesting that the debate over the existence of philosophical zombies remains a complex and ongoing discussion. The essay highlights the potential for technology to affect artificial human consciousness and the connection between the existence of zombies and the reduction of resources.

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Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Are Philosophical Zombies Possible.......................................................................................................3
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................7
References.............................................................................................................................................8

Introduction
The essay is a descriptive form that elaborates the concept of Philosophical Zombies. The
essay also agrees the argument that the existence of Philosophical Zombies are Possible. The
creature named “Zombie” are imaginary creatures that are designed to light up problems
about consciousness and how is it related to physical world. Yes, the philosophical zombies
do exist in the world as proved by many philosophers. Although, science does not give a
strong agreement to this. To go deep into the concept, it can be said that automatic behaviour
is easily identifiable that it is not as full human. For example- an imitation man whose state of
brain is exactly paralleled in the physio-chemical properties who do not feel any pain or
sorrow and see no colour. They require such human bodies who have same physical
properties or they aren’t exactly full humans but are closer to human`s physical appearance.
Are Philosophical Zombies Possible
René Descartes who was a renowned French philosopher has said that non-human being are
automatic and their behaviour wholly lies and is explicit in the physical mechanism. The
proof was unveiled when this famous philosopher explained by exploring with the machine
which look like a human but it is not. Besides it can released clearly, when a non-human
creature would not be able to use the creative language and it would not be able to produce
appropriate behaviour without speaking skills in various situations. Therefore, no machine
could respond like human being. Thereafter, he admitted that it is to explain human
behaviour, which requires behaviour beyond physical, interaction process in brain,
immaterial mind. No machine can act and react as same as human because there is such no
world that exists physically where people in world lack such mind. Without the functioning
of our minds there is a probability that our heart keep beating, breathe while sleeping, digest

food, walking in a mindless state. If human mind could not assist the human physical body
then it will not be able to show characteristics feature of human.
It is the possibility that philosophical zombie exist as when it is an hypothetical person who
demeanour or behaviour is just simply indistinguishable from a normal person but the person
lacks conscious experiences such as identifying colour, tasting food and sorrow or pain. For
example- a zombie may say that the colour of an apple is red but he will not be able to
experience neither colour nor qualia of colour (Piccinini, 2017). Here is an essay that agrees
that philosophical zombies exist as why there is a possibility that there is a world where there
are identical particles. Therefore, our world cannot be like this. We need a strong argument to
prove that whether it is a persistent confusion, illusion or believe system or nothing else to
deal with. The intuitions of many philosophers had it in their meditation that here exist a
source of energy, which is not pure, or it is misdirected that has devil communication
(Rebellato, 2018). There are certain arguments for the conceivability of zombies such as a
person whose nature starts to feature those who are progressively deprived of qualia in a
sense modality one after the other. It goes without saying that we need to depend on the same
cluster of intuition of philosophers as one of the original idea. Not limiting the concept of
zombies to conceivability, there is a series of five important arguments against which there is
a conflict of viewpoint, which lies between the entailment from physical facts to mental facts.
Each proving argument would rely only on reinforcing the intuitive appeal of zombie`s idea
(Forbes, 2016). He tries to prove it by little arguments where suppose a small population of
people disables their brain and imitate the same functions themselves where leaving the
whole body in working mode. Each homunculus (small human creature) uses mobile phone
to execute signal receiving and transferring process and functions of human neuro system.
Whether this system would work. The arguments do not depend on the assumption that
homunculus-head cannot be conscious. Moreover, it relies on the assumption that it’s not

being in consciousness and is conceivable where many people find reasonable. Why not
switching from small human creatures (homunculi) to neurons switch on the flow of
consciousness (Levin, 2018). Although a human and a zombie are different but it can be said
that twins can be a right term because twins are genetically identical (Walters, 2018). Once a
transporter supposed a “beam” a person that destroys original and created an exact atom
replica. If the original one is destroyed, the transporter has a duplicate. The duplicate is very
similar to the original one (Ball, 2014). A philosophical zombie is a duplicate of person with
sole exception where it do not have non-physical subjective experiences. Many have
considered that common errors in understanding the appropriate characteristics of an zombie.
One of the model is dualist in which it can be seen that it includes physical body, brain and
the nonphysical mind. If these components are included then they can be considered as
zombies. Here, a considerable amount of differentiation has been identified. Zombies are not
wholly soulless (Van Leeuwen, 2015). Immaterial mind has the ability to use computation
language and processing methods. Apart from making decisions regarding processing, it can
also chose and make choices that can affect the body. The transporter admitted that the
difference between the bean and the original one is that he does not have non-physical
experiences. Transporter has proved that zombie duplicate is similar to the behaviour as I am
(Lacewing, 2018). We can apply such system that can help them to moral choices and
decisions regarding the feeding of information of recognition of colour (Ross, 2018). Prepare
their system as per sense of reacting to the emotions of pain, sorrow, withdrawing, greenness
and a sense of inner person such as real me or having ego. A general method of thinking
about subjective experiences that a person observes and experiences the results from brain or
system processing, a system has an Cartesian stage that play out the experiences. For
example- when we use an image, it is reflected in our retina in an inverted form. Otherwise,

zombie does not have this system or it does not have Cartesian stage (Bourget, & Chalmers,
2014).
The concept of machine that acts as a human being. In the context of philosophical concern,
the zombie was separated to distinguish it from monster movies. These are shortly known as
p-zombie. These p-zombies depend on how they can be indistinguishable from people or a
human being ad which specific quality it lacks (Olson, 2018). Although, these p-zombies
behaviours or acts in the same way to the human being. Separating this kind of zombie can be
seemed as a machine which is conceived totally different from human being. P-zombie
functions equivalent to the human beings and such p-zombie may have a operating system
consisting of translators and wires. These wires corresponds to neurons of the human brain.
P-zombie is identifiable as physically equivalent to human body. May philosophers reflects
this concept in theory of mind and science that configures a high level of complexity which is
necessary to mimic perfectly as a human being (Xissy, 2014). It goes without saying that a
composition of matter and energy or its configuration will automatically be either conscious
or at experience qualia. Therefore, philosophical zombies can be possible by the applying
technology into their systems and in this way the artificial human consciousness is affected.
Very few people and scientist believes that philosophical zombies exist. Therefore, but some
philosophies have proved that the existence of zombies is practically and practically possible.
When if things go differently such as if pig has been evolved with wings and there is no
contrary idea that pig has wings or even if the gravity of earth that pull things down has failed
or has become weaker. This creature is defined as molecule for a molecule for an identity and
they are identical in all low-level properties. Functionally, zombies will process same sort of
information and reacting in same way to inputs with the internal configuration that is being
modified and in an accurate way. No functioning shall be accomplished by real and conscious
experience. Then it can said that the pigs with wings exist (Rebellato, 2018). In the contrary,

you never know how contrary and uncertain the environment is and how whacky the universe
is turned out (Debate.org, 2018). So even though, no theory or science theory proves that
philosophical zombies are real. Some other kinds of philosophical zombies can considers
flying pigs. There is a broad consensus among the philosophers which the mere possibility
that zombies is inconsistent with its existence and physicalism is true (Mölder, &
Churchland, 2015). Although, it is just a believe system but we have some physical sciences
that account for consciousness. Here is an example where we have identify the state of
conscious experiences. It includes feeling of pain, the taste buds that experience of such as
bitting a lemon that affects brain states when it is made up of nature and material. The trouble
occurs when it is to search and identify that there exist a sense of logical identity and also
exist an explained brain state, which is in terms of properties of certain physical constituents
(Goff, 2013). Another proving activity is that, if X is same and identical with Y, if X cannot
exist possibly without Y. Even if one part of it is absent, two of them cannot exist. After the
same is the people who cannot be separated, such as even god could not pull them apart Elton
john and Reg Dwight (Aranyosi, 2018). If pain can not be identified with the help of c-fibre
firing. But in twin zombie, c-fibre firing does not have the sense of pain without the
conscious states. Therefore, the brain is somewhere identical with the conscious state of the
mind. From the discussion, it can be brought down to zombie non-existence that it is against
its physicalism (Stack exchange, 2018). Philosophical zombies exist and therefore human
brain states could possibly exist without human conscious states just with artificial
intelligence. As the world is progressing and food sources are reducing, the reality of
existence of zombies is getting closer. It first create a huge shortage of food and electricity
too and people will not be able to see anything and will not anything to eat and will finally
eat each other to satisfy themselves. The zombie disaster is real. Although, the image of any
zombie is not given anywhere not in biblical but they are present (Coxhead, 2015).

Conclusion
From the above descriptive discussion on philosophical existence of zombies. It will always
remain a myth and a two two-edged sword that keeps creating confusion whether there exist a
smell of zombies or not. The theory of elimination creates material can be in trouble. It lacks
consciousness in all material aspects of humans. Wholly, I think idea of Philosophical
zombies can be mimic about a true and conscious human that includes speaking and
identifying qualia that still do not have any awareness of their own.

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