Assertion: zombie | /r/HasProperty | impossible
Facets:
value: metaphysically
type: DEGREE
value: in that sense
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Physicalists cannot just say zombies are ruled out by the laws of nature, since even dualists can agree they are impossible in that sense: that it is by nomological necessity that the physical facts about us bring consciousness with them.
text: Many think that if the physical facts entail consciousness by metaphysical necessity, then physicalists can maintain that even though zombies are metaphysically impossible, they are still conceivable (Balog 2012; Loar 1990/97; McLaughlin 2005; Sections 5.1, 5.2 below).
text: He sees no way to solve this problem, and thinks it remains even if zombies are impossible.
text: Now, since zombies would satisfy all the functional conditions for full consciousness, functionalism entails that zombies are impossible, although it would obviously be question-begging simply to presuppose functionalism when attacking the zombie idea.
text: The conceivability argument — which assumes physicalism entails that zombies are impossible — purports to refute it by showing they are possible.