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torekp comments on Rationality Reading Group: Part R: Physicalism 201 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: torekp 17 January 2016 02:05:46PM 1 point [-]

I fear that the Generalized Anti-Zombie Principle is overgeneralized. Is this the right place to discuss that? The original anti-zombie principle looks at the causal origins of our words and thoughts - and sure enough, if qualia were causally isolated from all speech and behavior, we couldn't refer to them. But when EY starts substituting hypothetical causal histories of our word-usage, the whole argument just falls apart.