I fear that the Generalized Anti-Zombie Principle is overgeneralized. Is this the right place to discuss that? The original anti-zombie principle looks at the causal origins of our words and thoughts—and sure enough, if qualia were causally isolated from all speech and behavior, we couldn’t refer to them. But when EY starts substituting hypothetical causal histories of our word-usage, the whole argument just falls apart.
I fear that the Generalized Anti-Zombie Principle is overgeneralized. Is this the right place to discuss that? The original anti-zombie principle looks at the causal origins of our words and thoughts—and sure enough, if qualia were causally isolated from all speech and behavior, we couldn’t refer to them. But when EY starts substituting hypothetical causal histories of our word-usage, the whole argument just falls apart.