Robert Kirk (1970) and David Chalmers (1996) assert that 'zombies' (beings identical to humans but lacking qualia) are possible in worlds that share all our physical laws, while Daniel Dennett (1991) and Joseph Levine (2001) deny this possibility.

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• qualia concept
• physical laws concept
• zombies concept