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According to Amy Kind, in her book “Philosophy of Mind: the basics” , The Zombie Argument can be put in this standard form from a dualist point of view:

1.     Zombies, creatures that are microphysically identical to conscious beings but that lack consciousness entirely, are conceivable.

2.     If zombies are conceivable then they are possible.

3.     Therefore, zombies are possible.

4.     If zombies are possible, then consciousness is non-physical.

5.     Therefore, consciousness is non-physical.

The Counterfeit Bill Example

'''The philosophical zombie argument can also be seen through the counterfeit bill example. Imagine a counterfeit 20 dollar bill was made to be exactly like an authentic 20 dollar bill. This is logically possible. And yet the counterfeit bill would not really have the same value. Like the critique against Descartes conceivability argument, are people really logically conceiving of zombies when they say they are? When philosophers claim that zombies are conceivable, they invariably underestimate the task of conception (or imagi- nation), and end up imagining something that violates their own definition.'''