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David Chalmers and Joseph Levine are related as philosophers critiquing physicalist accounts of consciousness, with Levine making considerations similar to Chalmers on the limits of scientific methods [1], both arguing alongside Saul Kripke that philosophical zombies are logically possible but naturally impossible, implying consciousness's irreducibility [2], and both listed as critics of functionalism [3].
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Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers, Joseph Levine, and Saul Kripke argue that philosophical zombies are impossible within the bounds of nature but possible within the bounds of logic, implying that facts about experience are not logically entailed by physical facts and that consciousness is irreducible.
Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
perspectiveCritics of functionalism, including Ned Block (1980a, 1980b), Joseph Levine (1983), and David Chalmers (1996), argue that consciousness cannot be adequately explained solely in functional terms.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 1 fact
claimJoseph Levine and Galen Strawson have made considerations similar to David Chalmers regarding the inability of standard scientific methods to fully explain consciousness.