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Facing up to the problem of consciousness.
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“Identifying the primary function consciousness performs amounts to answering the question posed by Chalmers (1995), of why the brain might not just as well operate in the dark, in subjective silence.”
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“In contrast, biological systems maintain integrated and temporally extended internal dynamics that are vital for the emergence of a unified conscious experience [3,13].”
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“my assessment of the situation is that the first two, in accord with Chalmers (1995), remain fundamental issues that no theory has yet adequately addressed, whereas the last two depend on theoretical stance and may potentially be answerable.”
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“Sometimes terms such as “phenomenal consciousness” and “qualia” are also used here, but I find it more natural to speak of “conscious experience” or simply “experience” (Chalmers, 1995, p. 201).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Chalmers, D. J.
- Affiliations
- Australian National University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Chalmers, David J.
- ORCID
- Chalmers, David J.
- Venue
- The Character of Consciousness
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2010-10-07
- Pages
- 3-34
- OpenAlex
- W4230446842
- Semantic Scholar
- c2a06f095a81f5f979ffe5aa664c175a625fba0c
- Cited by
- 300
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 32.21
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Free Will and Agency
- Keywords
- consciousness, problem of consciousness, philosophy of mind, mind-body problem
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