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David Chalmers, a philosopher, is related to the concept of sentience through his arguments on consciousness, as [1] states he uses philosophical zombies to argue that qualia and sentience are not fully explained by physical properties, and [2] notes his view that separating consciousness and awareness complicates distinguishing function from sentience.
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Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 1 fact
perspectiveDavid Chalmers argues that explicitly separating consciousness and awareness makes the distinction between function and sentience harder to avoid, contrary to suggestions by Max Velmans.
David Chalmers - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers argues that because philosophical zombies are conceivable, they are logically possible, which implies that qualia and sentience are not fully explained by physical properties alone.