A zimboe is a philosophical zombie that has apparent "second-order" states -- that is, beliefs about its physiological state. The term zimboe was coined by philosopherDaniel Dennett in arguing that the idea of a philosophical zombie is incoherent. In philosophy, a philosophical zombie or p-zombie is a hypothetical person who is unconscious and lacks qualia (the subjective character of experience). ... A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. ... Daniel Dennett Daniel Clement Dennett (born March 28, 1942) is an American philosopher. ...
Daniel Dennett argues that being a zimboe is sufficient for a person to be considered "real". All philosophical zombies must, by his definition, also be zimboes, and so one cannot view zombies as distinct from persons.
However, while zimboes cannot be distinguished from thinking humans by their behavior, certain areas of philosophy, religion, or parapsychology may distinguish them. Religions might not consider a zimboe to possess a soul or to experience an afterlife, and it may be said that a psychic could sense their difference. The term philosophy derives from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. ... Parapsychology is the study of the evidence involving phenomena where a person seems to affect or to gain information about something through a means not currently explainable within the framework of mainstream, conventional science. ... The soul according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the ethereal substance — spirit (Hebrew:rooah or nefesh) — particular to a unique living being. ... Afterlife (also known as life after death) is a generic term referring to a continuation of existence, typically spiritual and experiential, beyond this world, or after death. ... Parapsychology is the study of the evidence involving phenomena where a person seems to affect or gain information about something through a means not currently explainable within the framework of mainstream, conventional science. ...
A zimboe is a zombie that has apparent "second-order" states--that is, beliefs about the physiological, just-like-human states that it is in.
Arguably, being a zimboe is sufficient for being a ("real") person; and, arguably, all zombies must, by hypothesis, also be zimboes; in which case one cannot make sense of zombies as distinct from persons.
However, while zimboes cannot be distinguished from thinking humans by their behavior, certain areas of philosophy, religion, or parapsychology may distinguish them.
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