The chosen argument is the Zombie Argument. A philosophical zombie or p-zombie argument is a thought experiment in philosophy of mind that imagines a hypothetical being that is physically identical to and indistinguishable from a normal person but does not have conscious experience, qualia, or sentience.
(1) Choose either Chalmers or Churchland
(2) Reconstruct the central argument of their paper–in your own words and in accordance with the guidelines from our class on arguments.
(3) Explain and defend:
What each premise means,
Why the author believes each premise to be true, and
Why the author believes each premise, taken together, provides adequate support for the conclusion.
For all of these: your explanation and defense should make use of textual evidence in the form of short quotations from the assigned text. These quotations should support, but not replace your own explanations.
The paper should include: A (very brief) introduction, a formal statement of the argument, an explanation and defense of each premise, an explanation and defense of the argument’s conclusion (here, the ‘defense’ should explain why this conclusion follows from these premises), and a (very brief) conclusion. Each of these components should be a distinct paragraph, including separate paragraphs for each premise. All told, the paper should have at least 6 paragraphs.
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