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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 11 October 2015 10:08:01AM 0 points [-]

Let's take your examples. Dualism vs monism can be boiled down to something like "can p-zombies exist?", which can eventually be answered by AI research and cognitive sciences.

Is that a fact?

Incidentally, the two examples you mention are basically equivalent, as solving one clears up the other.

..and where is that demonstrated?