___________________________________________________________  Vedat Çelebi Erciyes Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Felsefe Bölümü 38280, Kayseri, Türkiye celebivedat@gmail.com  Gül Yıldız Erciyes Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü 38280, Kayseri, Türkiye gulyesilyildiz@gmail.com Beytulhikme An International Journal of Philosophy Beytulhikme Int J Phil 15 ( 3 ) 2025 Doi: 10.29228/beytulhikme.82207 Research Article: 865-885 ___________________________________________________________ Zihin Felsefesinde Fizikalizme Karşı Zombi Argümanı: David Chalmers, Saul Kripke ve Robert Kirk ___________________________________________________________ The Zombie Argument Against Physicalism in the Philosophy of Mind: David Chalmers, Saul Kripke, and Robert Kirk VEDAT ÇELEBİ Erciyes University GÜL YILDIZ Erciyes University Received: 23.05.2025Accepted: 27.09.2025 Abstract: This article focuses on the views of David Chalmers, Saul Kripke, and Robert Kirk regarding the zombie argument. Chalmers claims that subjective experience cannot be fully explained by physical processes, highlighting the “hard problem” of consciousness. Kripke questions the necessary identity be- tween mental and physical states through his modal argument. Kirk, who initially used the zombie argument against physicalism, later adopted a more critical per- spective. The article explores both the challenges the argument raises for mate- rialist ontologies and its conceptual limitations. It concludes that understanding phenomenal consciousness requires acknowledging the explanatory limits of physicalism. Keywords: Philosophy of mind, zombie argument, qualia problem, phenomenal consciousness.