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<div>Please see details below for the Postgrad Work in Progress (WIP) 
talk on Friday (2 June) from 3:00 to 4:30pm. It will be a hybrid event, 
following the department seminar at 1:30 pm. All welcome!<br aria-hidden="true">
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<div style="background-color:white;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Time: 3:00-4:30 PM, 2 June (Fri)</span> 
<div style="margin:0px">In person: Seminar Room N494, the Quad</div>
<div style="margin:0px">Zoom:<span> </span><a href="https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/83453490326" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px">https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/83453490326</a> </div>
<div style="margin:0px">Presenter: Aaron Wu</div></div>
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<div style="background-color:white;margin:0px"><b>The Phenomenal Functionalist Conception of the Physical and the Zombie Argument</b><br aria-hidden="true">
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</div><span style="background-color:white;margin:0px">Physicalism, the 
ontological thesis that everything is physical, is a very popular view 
that many philosophers adopt. However, the meaning of something being 
physical remains a matter extensively discussed by philosophers. 
Phenomenal functionalism provides a unique conception of the physical by
 defining the physical based on its effects on our senses. In this talk,
 I will first introduce the phenomenal functionalism that Stoljar 
formulates based on Chalmers's work. Then, I will discuss Stoljar's 2020
 paper Chalmers v Chalmers, where he argues for an inconsistency between
 phenomenal functionalism and the zombie argument. I will also provide 
my own argument for why Stoljar's argument fails. Finally, I will 
present a version of the zombie argument that is compatible with some of
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<p style="background-color:white;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;margin:0px">Brigitte Everett and Wendy Xin</span></p>
<p style="background-color:white;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;margin:0px">Philosophy Postgraduate Representatives</span></p>
<p style="background-color:white;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;margin:0px">University of Sydney</span></p>
<p style="background-color:white;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;margin:0px"><a href="mailto:brigitte.everett@sydney.edu.au" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">brigitte.everett@sydney.edu.au</a>   </span></p>
<p style="background-color:white;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;margin:0px"><a href="mailto:wan.xin@sydney.edu.au" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wan.xin@sydney.edu.au</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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