3min chapter

Making Sense with Sam Harris cover image

#34 — The Light of the Mind

Making Sense with Sam Harris

CHAPTER

The Zombi Argument in Philosophy, Is It Really a Thought Experiment?

The zombi argument really is the thought experiment that describes epiphenomenalism. The extreme version of this thought experiment says we can at least imagine a being physically identical to a normal human being, but without any subjective consciousness. Why talk about my zombi twin? You know, a hypothetical being in the universe next door who's physically identical to me. He's holdyn onversation like this with a zombe, analogue of you. But right now it seems it actualy corresponds to the science for anything that we actually do - perception, learning, memory, language and so on. It starts to look as if a somby could do all the same things

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode