If consciousness causes collapse, the zombie argument fails

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作者
Mohammadian, Mousa [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Notre Dame, 453 Geddes Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
关键词
The zombie argument; Zombies; Laws of nature; Interactionism; Collapse of the wave function;
D O I
10.1007/s11229-020-02828-4
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
Many non-physicalists, including Chalmers, hold that the zombie argument succeeds in rejecting the physicalist view of consciousness. Some non-physicalists, including, again, Chalmers, hold that quantum collapse interactionism (QCI), i.e., the idea that non-physical consciousness causes collapse of the wave function in phenomena such as quantum measurement, is a viable interactionist solution for the problem of the relationship between the physical world and the non-physical consciousness. In this paper, I argue that if QCI is true, the zombie argument fails. In particular, I show that if QCI is true, a zombie world physically identical to our world is impossible because there is at least one law of nature, a fundamental law of physics in particular, that exist only in the zombie world but not in our world. This shows that philosophers like Chalmers are committing an error in endorsing the zombie argument and QCI at the same time.
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页码:1599 / 1615
页数:17
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