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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Michigan AIowa100010
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