I'm not really interested in introductory topics to get people in the 'mindset' of a philosopher. Everything is in the post-field of meta-applications and other suffixed areas. Whether we're ruled by deterministic causes or simply choose this isn't an appealing discussion. What is if we could peel back the skin, and take out all the resisters and circuits and flip the switch, so you'd no longer feel as if you're living on autopilot.
What would you do differently? You suddenly find yourself beset by options and freedoms you had never considered before, the fine needle of determined 'autonomy' plucked from the gauge. What if you were always free to choose but through some horrifying ancient curse extinguished your consciousness, your body is alive and well but now an empty vessel doing everything you would do despite there no longer is a you in there. How long can the ship sail before it strays from the course?
The kind of philosophy that lends itself to creative writing, with bizarre set-ups and colourful characters exploring implications that get you to think twice about. Most thought experiments involve somekind of choice (Pick a box or two, pull a lever or don't) or ask a question (is this the same as that. are you still real if, do computers understand mandarin) that encourages you to have an opinion.
