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The Conscious Mind
by David J. Chalmers
The hard problem introduced: why physical processes give rise to experience at all. Technical philosophy that reshaped the field.
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you want the source of the hard problem.
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Skip it if…
you want an easier entry; see Galileo's Error.
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Three things you will actually use
- Explaining function is not explaining experience.
- Take consciousness seriously.
- Zombies as argument.
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Read the chapter on the hard problem.
Our verdict
Chalmers's hard problem.
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