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    Supports→The zombie argument against physicalism fails because zombies are not metaphysically possible, even if they are conceptually possible.

    When phenomenal concepts refer to physical states via direct acquaintance rather than descriptive modes, conceiving zombies reflects conceptual duplication, not ontological separation.

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    Conceptual duplication(as used in philosophy of mind)
    Having two separate ideas or concepts that refer to the same thing, even though they seem different.
    Descriptive modes(as used in philosophy of mind)
    Ways of understanding something by using descriptions or definitions rather than by directly experiencing it yourself.
    Ontological separation(as used in metaphysics)
    The actual existence of two fundamentally different kinds of things in reality (like mind and matter being completely different substances).
    Physical states(as used in philosophy of mind)
    The actual conditions or configurations of matter and the brain, as opposed to mental experiences or thoughts.
    direct acquaintance(Acquaintance theory)

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    phenomenal concepts(Contrasted with physical concepts, which are theoretical (Loar 1999))
    Recognitional concepts that express the very properties they pick out.
    zombies (philosophical)(Used as a thought experiment against physicalism about consciousness)
    Beings who are physically exactly like humans but have no conscious life

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