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Episode 175: At Least We Didn't Talk About Zombies (Nagel's "What is it Like to be a Bat?")

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The Zombies and the Mary Argument

I think people say of this Nagel essay that he introduced a problem that isn't really a problem. This heavy leaning on subjective experience isn't the problem he makes it out to be. But I've not read any satisfactory answer as to why it's not a problem. They usually fall back on some sort of physicalism or materialism, which is just as unsatisfying. It's just specifying that we're eliminating the hard part.

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