People can imagine consciousless humans {zombie}| {philosophical zombie} that can act and think like normal people [Campbell, 1970] [Chalmers, 1996] [Chalmers, 2000] [Davis, 1988] [Kirk, 1974]. Philosophical zombies are people replicas, except with no experiences. Haitian zombies act like sleepwalkers or drugged people, but philosophical zombies have no behavior differences, with no drowsiness or half-consciousness. Philosophical zombies are the same as humans functionally. In same environments, both have same physiological and psychological states and behaviors, but only one has beliefs, thoughts, and desires. Instead of consciousness, zombies have higher-level knowledge about lower-level knowledge.
physicalism
If zombies are possible, phenomenal states and physical states are not the same, because same physical states can both have and not have phenomena, so physical states do not determine phenomena.
However, zombies apparently contradict facts about human reports of internal states. Zombies seem not to be consistent with physical laws, because their action causes are not enough or are incomplete. Calling something mental when it is not can make zombies seem to have internal contradictions.
evolution
If consciousness has functions, evolution processes built abilities needed to have consciousness and changed neurons or neural structures accordingly.
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