David Chalmers’ zombie argument: the introduction paper of the translator

• Authors: Leonov Andrii

Title variants

UK

«Арґумент зомбі» Девіда Чалмерса: переднє слово перекладача

• Languages of publication: UK

Abstracts

EN

The author of the paper considers the main notions which are met in the translated excerpt Argument 1: The logical possibility of zombies from “The Conscious Mind” (1996), such as mind, perceiving, be awake, there is nothing it is like to be a zombie, supervenience, conceivability, completed physics. Here the author explains in brief the very meaning of the analyzed notions, makes the justification of why he has translated them this way and not another. Also, the author makes a comparative analysis of his translation’s version of the notions mentioned above with the Ukrainian as well as Russian translational traditions.

Keywords

EN

mind, perceiving, be awake, there is nothing it is like to be a zombie, supervenience, conceivability, completed physics

• Publisher: G.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Journal: Філософська Думка
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 51-59

Contributors

author

Leonov Andrii