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    It is not the case that Zombies are possible

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.Zombies are conceivable
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    • 2.Whatever is conceivable is possible
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    Reasons Against

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    Reason against 1 of 2
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    • 1.Chalmers' positive conceivability test—where no contradiction emerges after ideal rational reflection—is a reliable guide to metaphysical possibility.
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    • 2.No amount of reflection on physical facts logically entails the presence of phenomenal consciousness, as Levine's explanatory gap demonstrates.
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    • 3.If a scenario survives ideal rational scrutiny without contradiction, denying its possibility requires independent metaphysical argument, not mere assertion.
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    Reason against 2 of 2
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    • 1.Modal rationalism, defended by Chalmers and Jackson, holds that a priori entailment is the correct test for necessary co-extension between physical and mental properties.
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    • 2.The knowledge argument shows Mary learns a new fact upon seeing red, confirming phenomenal properties are not a priori entailed by complete physical descriptions.
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    • 3.Since zombies violate no a priori entailment, their possibility follows directly from the correct analysis of the physical-phenomenal relationship.
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