Philosophers are used to the fact that they have major disagreements with each other. Even if you think zombie arguments fail, as I do, you’ll still perk up your ears when somebody as smart as Chalmers is taking the singularity seriously. I don’t accept his version of property dualism, but The Conscious Mind was not written by a dummy.
I didn’t mean to say that Chalmers isn’t a highly respected philosopher, but I also think it’s true that the impact is somewhat blunted relative to a counterfactual in which his philosophy of mind work was of equal fame and quality, but arguing a different position.
I disagree; the fact that Chalmers is critical of standard varieties of physicalism will make him more credible on the Singularity. In the former case, he rejects the nerd-core view. That makes him a little harder to write off.
Philosophers are used to the fact that they have major disagreements with each other. Even if you think zombie arguments fail, as I do, you’ll still perk up your ears when somebody as smart as Chalmers is taking the singularity seriously. I don’t accept his version of property dualism, but The Conscious Mind was not written by a dummy.
I didn’t mean to say that Chalmers isn’t a highly respected philosopher, but I also think it’s true that the impact is somewhat blunted relative to a counterfactual in which his philosophy of mind work was of equal fame and quality, but arguing a different position.
I disagree; the fact that Chalmers is critical of standard varieties of physicalism will make him more credible on the Singularity. In the former case, he rejects the nerd-core view. That makes him a little harder to write off.