(June 13, 2016 at 2:02 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Our concept of a definite border between a philosophical zombie and a sentient creature is simply nowhere to be found in evidence. It's a declaration, an objection by fiat. Seems to be more of a sliding scale.
There's no way to consistently apply an understanding of the evolution of pain, for example...without the provision that it's origins lie at the p-zombie end of that scale and are not fundamentally different from our own.
Okay, I think I get your first sentence... sort of
But what do you mean by the second? 
