On (3), if Zombie Chalmers can’t be correct or incorrect about consciousness—as in, he’s just making noise when he says “consciousness”—does the same hold for his beliefs on anything else? Like, Zombie Chalmers also (probably) says “the sun will rise tomorrow,” but would you also question whether these letters actually mean anything? In both the cases of the sun’s rising and epiphenomenalism’s truth, Zombie Chalmers is commenting on an actual way that reality can be. Is there a difference? Or, does Zombie Chalmers have no beliefs about anything? I’d think that a zombie could be thought to have beliefs as far as some advanced AI could.
On (3), if Zombie Chalmers can’t be correct or incorrect about consciousness—as in, he’s just making noise when he says “consciousness”—does the same hold for his beliefs on anything else? Like, Zombie Chalmers also (probably) says “the sun will rise tomorrow,” but would you also question whether these letters actually mean anything? In both the cases of the sun’s rising and epiphenomenalism’s truth, Zombie Chalmers is commenting on an actual way that reality can be. Is there a difference? Or, does Zombie Chalmers have no beliefs about anything? I’d think that a zombie could be thought to have beliefs as far as some advanced AI could.