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Joseph Levine proposes a thought experiment involving an alien species that lacks c-fibers to demonstrate that the absence of a specific physical state (c-fiber firing) does not logically entail the absence of a conscious state (pain), leaving the question of whether the aliens feel pain open.
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- Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org via serper
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- pain concept
- conscious states concept
- physical state concept
- Joseph Levine entity