Let’s suppose that the zombie argument smuggles in the assumption that what you’re imagining is evidence of reality. Then the argument would look like this:
I can imagine zombies as possible.
My imagination is evidence of reality.
So I have evidence that zombies are possible.
The possibility of zombies is inconsistent with physicalism.
Therefore, I have evidence physicalism is false.
This still isn’t a circular argument. It’s just an argument with a false premise, namely premise 2.
More generally, if you think an argument lacks support, that doesn’t mean it’s circular.
Yes, you can remade a zombie argument so that it will not be circular and just be wrong or very weak. This isn’t the zombie argument in question, though.
Let’s suppose that the zombie argument smuggles in the assumption that what you’re imagining is evidence of reality. Then the argument would look like this:
I can imagine zombies as possible.
My imagination is evidence of reality.
So I have evidence that zombies are possible.
The possibility of zombies is inconsistent with physicalism.
Therefore, I have evidence physicalism is false.
This still isn’t a circular argument. It’s just an argument with a false premise, namely premise 2.
More generally, if you think an argument lacks support, that doesn’t mean it’s circular.
Yes, you can remade a zombie argument so that it will not be circular and just be wrong or very weak. This isn’t the zombie argument in question, though.
How would you interpret the zombie argument so that it’s circular? Can you lay it out explicitly like above?