It Probably Helps That My Background Is

Anyway, There Is A Lot Of Really Interesting Work Going On In The Neuroscience And Psychology Of Consciousness, And I Would Love To See Philosophers Become More Closely Involved With This.

Because The Idea Of Zombies Seems To Make Sense, And Seems To, In A Certain Sense, Be Possible, I Think One Can Use That To Argue Against The Thesis That Everything Is Purely Physical. Now Many People, I Think, Agree That The Idea Of Zombies Are Conceivable, Including People Who Want To Be Physicalists.

People Have Managed To Avert Their Eyes And Hope For The Best.

I Think That Consciousness Has Always Been The Most Important Topic In The Philosophy Of Mind, And One Of The Most Important Topics In Cognitive Science As A Whole, But It Had Been Surprisingly Neglected In Recent Years.

Within Psychology And Neuroscience, Some New And Rigorous Experimental Paradigms For Studying Consciousness Have Helped It Begin To Overcome The Stigma That Has Been Attached To The Topic For Most Of This Century.