Yeah. This is basically a great summation to the philosophical zombie question; what does it even matter? It’s as you mentioned with the dissolving the question posts: what do the pro-zombie people think a world in which they are correct looks like? What do we learn from this thought experiment which is just basically another flavor of solipsism?
I’d say “inevitably generates the worst sort of Mysterious Answer to a Mysterious Question” is pretty spot on. The Zombie thing doesn’t really tell us anything new or let us predict anything. Just a bunch of sophistry really.
Yeah. This is basically a great summation to the philosophical zombie question; what does it even matter? It’s as you mentioned with the dissolving the question posts: what do the pro-zombie people think a world in which they are correct looks like? What do we learn from this thought experiment which is just basically another flavor of solipsism?
I’d say “inevitably generates the worst sort of Mysterious Answer to a Mysterious Question” is pretty spot on. The Zombie thing doesn’t really tell us anything new or let us predict anything. Just a bunch of sophistry really.