http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1523413.ece
An interesting paper that reviews the history on consciousness in philosophy in order to display that
"Twenty years ago, however, an instant myth was born: a myth about a dramatic resurgence of interest in the topic of consciousness in philosophy, in the mid-1990s, after long neglect."
It happens that philosophical zombies have been invented already in 18th century
'In 1755 Charles Bonnet observed that God “could create an automaton that would imitate perfectly all the external and internal actions of man”. In 1769, following Locke, he made a nice point against those who resisted materialism on religious grounds: “if someone ever proved that the mind is material, then far from being alarmed, we should have to admire the power that was able to give matter the capacity to think”.'
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