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    Zombie conceivability therefore tracks only our epistemic... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Philosophical zombies (creatures physically identical to humans but lacking consciousness) are genuinely possible.

    Zombie conceivability therefore tracks only our epistemic situation regarding mind-brain concepts, not a genuine metaphysical possibility in the world.

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    • 1.Conceivability often diverges from possibility—we can imagine perpetual motion machines, but physics forbids them.
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    • 2.Our concepts of consciousness and neural processes remain partially opaque; conceivability reflects conceptual gaps, not metaphysical gaps.
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    • 3.If physicalism is true, zombies are impossible, yet remain conceivable—showing conceivability tracks only epistemic accessibility.
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    • 1.Some conceivable scenarios reflect genuine metaphysical possibilities—water being H2O was non-obvious yet necessary, not impossible.
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    • 2.Dismissing zombie conceivability as mere 'epistemic limitation' begs the question against non-physicalist accounts of consciousness.
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    • 3.If zombies are conceivable but impossible, this requires explaining why consciousness uniquely resists physicalist reduction unlike other properties.
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