Can philosophical zombies dream? If so, are their dreams real? Are yours?

[Eckhart Aurelius Hughes]

When replying, please also specify whether you have fully read my book, In It Together, or not. Since my book deals heavily with the subject of consciousness and self, I think it will be interesting to see how the answers differ between those who have read my book in full already and those who have not yet read it.


For reference, a "Philosophical Zombie" is a person who is physically indistinguishable from a conscious person but actually isn't truly conscious. For example, a solipsist is a person who believes every other person except for themselves is a philosophical zombie.

We are the seemingly magical presence, the transcendentally real dreamer who makes the dream real by having dreamt it.

A dream is real insofar as it is dreamt, at least that is insofar as it is consciously dreamt.

Here are my questions for you:

1. Do philosophical zombies dream?

2. Are their dreams real?

3. Are yours?




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