Why and How We Are Not Zombies


Harnad, Stevan (1995) Why and How We Are Not Zombies. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 1, (2), 164-167.

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Description/Abstract

A robot that is functionally indistinguishable from us may or may not be a mindless Zombie. There will never be any way to know, yet its functional principles will be as close as we can ever get to explaining the mind.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Presented at Royal Society/Association of British Sciences Writers Press Conference on "Consciousness: Its Place in Contemporary Science" Tuesday 7 February 10am - 12:50 am at the Royal Society
Divisions: Faculty of Physical and Applied Science > Electronics and Computer Science > Web & Internet Science
Item ID: 253347
Date Deposited: 25 May 2000
Last Modified: 02 Mar 2012 05:23
Contributors: Harnad, Stevan (Author)
Date: 1995
Additional Information: Presented at Royal Society/Association of British Sciences Writers Press Conference on "Consciousness: Its Place in Contemporary Science" Tuesday 7 February 10am - 12:50 am at the Royal Society
Status: Published
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/253347

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