Question
Many philosophical thought experiments invoke p-zombies, which are beings that are identical to normal humans except they don’t experience this phenomenon. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this phenomenon, whose “hard problem” concerns how and why humans experience qualia. This phenomenon is being aware of one’s existence.
ANSWER: consciousness [accept hard problem of consciousness]
[10h] Human brains are intrinsically not able to ever understand or solve the hard problem of consciousness according to this position held by Colin McGinn. This position’s name comes from a 1960s garage rock band.
ANSWER: mysterianism [accept New Mysterianism]
[10m] This thinker claims the hard problem distracts from the “hard question,” which is “what happens once a being is conscious?” This thinker introduced the “multiple drafts” model of consciousness in the book Consciousness Explained.
ANSWER: Daniel Dennett
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Summary
| 2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 100% | 71% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
Data
| Vassar | Michigan C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Case Western | Vassar | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Iowa State | Stanford | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan A | Iowa | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn State B | Michigan C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL | North Carolina | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio | Penn State A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio State | Michigan B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |