Media Tutorial Quiz 4.1

. In philosophy, a zombie is

an undead brain-eater.

an entity who is physically and behaviorally just like someone who obviously lacks consciousness.

an entity who is physically and behaviorally just like someone who has qualia, but nonetheless has no qualia.

an entity who has purple qualia when they see a yellow banana.

an entity who has banana qualia when they say "aren't you glad I didn't say 'orange'?"

. Qualia are

those aspects of our minds in virtue of which our experiences subjectively seem like something to us.

what we are talking about when we talk about "what it's like" to see, feel, hear, etc.

something that zombies would lack if there were such things as zombies.

All of the above

None of the above

. Which of the following is best seen as the conclusion (and not a premise) of Chalmers' Zombie argument?

Qualia are not identical to any physical property.

Zombies are conceivable.

If zombies are conceivable, then zombies are possible.

If zombies are possible, then qualia are not identical to any physical property.

Zombies exist.

. Some opponents of the zombie argument question the claim that zombies are conceivable.

True

False

Neither true nor false

Both true and false

None of the above

. Some opponents of the zombie argument grant that zombies are conceivable, but deny the general presupposition that conceivability entails possibility.

True

False

Neither true nor false

Both true and false

None of the above

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