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Some philosophers attempt to explain consciousness directly in neurophysiological or physical terms, while others offer cognitive theories of consciousness whereby conscious mental states are reduced to some kind of representational relation between mental states and the world.
So just because consciousness is an illusion does not mean we are zombies. Our true nature is just slightly different from how we seem to ourselves. Related What is consciousness? Is consciousness an emergent property of the brain or a fundamental property of matter?