@article {Botterell:2001:1355-8250:21, author = "Botterell A.", title = "Conceiving what is not there", journal = "Journal of Consciousness Studies", volume = "8", year = "2001", abstract = "
In this paper I argue that certain so-called conceivability arguments fail to show that a currently popular version of physicalism in the philosophy of mind is false. Concentrating on an argument due to David Chalmers, I first argue that Chalmers misrepresents the relation between conceivability and possibility. I then argue that the intuition behind the conceivability of so-called zombie worlds can be accounted for without having to suppose that such worlds are genuinely conceivable. I conclude with some general remarks about the nature of conceivability.
", pages = "21-42(22)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jcs/2001/00000008/00000008/1225" }