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A ''behavioral zombie'' is behaviorally identical with humans and yet has no conscious experience. A ''neurological zombie'' has a Human Brain and is otherwise physically identical to humans; nevertheless, it has no conscious experience. Since Physicalist theories of the mind would typically hold that mental facts are Nothing Over And Above physical facts, the possibility of zombies arguably supports Dualism . Physicalists, in turn, argue that something that is physically identical to a person necessarily has the same consciousness and experiences as one. David Chalmers and Daniel Dennett are well-known opponents of the possibility of philosophical zombies. Another noted philosopher who theorizes about p-zombies is Robert Kirk . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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