The zombi thought experiment provides excellent evidence that if zombis are conceivable, then introspection is entirely unreliable. So what this really gets down to is the fact that the kind of sciousness that is purportedly being explained by panpsychism is a kind of consciousness that has no effect on behavior. Our talking obeys the laws of physics, right? And if that's what you're ning if you're explaining something that literally cannot be reported on, talked about, or have any influence on how we behave, then i don't think you're explaining consciousness at all. That's not what i think of when i think of consciousness. Anyway, that's what i meant by
Welcome to the November 2021 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable size — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
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