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David Chalmers is a philosopher who extensively theorizes about mental states, specifically regarding their psychological and phenomenological descriptions [1], the hard problem of consciousness [2], the nature of qualia [3], and their potential existence in fundamental physical entities [4].
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 2 facts
claimDavid Chalmers defines phenomenal qualities, or "qualia," as the qualitative feels or associated qualities of experience that make a mental state conscious.
claimDavid Chalmers defines panpsychism as the thesis that some fundamental physical entities, such as quarks or photons, possess mental states, even if entities like rocks or numbers do not.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers coined the notion of the 'hard problem of consciousness' to describe the gap between third-person and first-person accounts of mental states.
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers clarifies that his use of Shannonian information is not an attempt to reduce mental states to information processing, but rather an attempt to identify a potential key to the physical basis of consciousness.
David Chalmers on the meta-problem of consciousness selfawarepatterns.com 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers contrasts the 'hard problem of consciousness' with 'easy problems' of consciousness, which include discriminating between environmental stimuli, integrating information, and reporting on mental states.
The Conscious Mind - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers asserts that every mental state can be described in psychological terms, phenomenological terms, or both.