Show notes
The second in a three-part series on monsters in philosophy. We trace the cultural history of zombies from voodoo folklore, George Romero films, and the zombies used in philosophical thought experiments. Folklore, film and philosophy seem to converge on the idea that consciousness above all else is what a creature needs to have to be worthy of moral concern, something a zombie lacks.
Highlighted moments
The zombie just realized he's not getting into the car. So he pauses, looks around on the ground, finds a brick, picks it up, and chucks it into the passenger side window. He's actually problem-solving.
“What's terrifying about that is that when the person is buried, they're perfectly cognizant and aware of what's going on. They just can't say anything.”
“a philosophical zombie is physically identical to an ordinary human being. You can't actually tell the difference from the outside. They behave in perfectly normal ways for a human being but they're not conscious at all.”
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