Philosopher of Consciousness
David Chalmers
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An Australian philosopher who named the hard problem of consciousness: why physical processes give rise to felt experience at all.
Key work: The Conscious Mind (1996)
“The really hard problem of consciousness is the problem of experience.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
Explaining what the brain does leaves open why it feels like anything.
Consciousness may be a basic feature of the world.
A mind may extend into the tools it uses.
Read more: Wikipedia
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