Annoyance comments on The Zombie Preacher of Somerset - Less Wrong

41 Post author: Yvain 28 March 2009 10:29PM

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Comment author: Yvain 28 March 2009 11:15:19PM 4 points [-]

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Is there a word for a person without consciousness who functions perfectly normally except for correctly admitting he lacks consciousness? I thought p-zombie was broad enough to cover both that and Chalmers-type zombies.

Comment author: Annoyance 29 March 2009 05:58:11PM 0 points [-]

"Is there a word for a person without consciousness who functions perfectly normally except for correctly admitting he lacks consciousness?"

'Self-contradictory' is the word you're looking for.

Comment author: thomblake 02 April 2009 08:44:01PM 1 point [-]

I don't think 'Self-contradictory' properly identifies a class of people without consciousness. Its meaning is broader, at least.