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Consciousness and physical processes are fundamentally linked via the 'hard problem,' which questions why and how physical processes give rise to phenomenal consciousness [1], [2], [3]. David Chalmers highlights the need for natural principles to explain this relationship, analogous to fundamental laws in physics [4], [5], while noting correspondences at the informational level [6].
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 5 facts
claimEpiphenomenalism attempts to avoid the problems of interactionism by denying consciousness any causal role, but it fails to explain how consciousness emerges from physical processes without reducing the former to the latter.
claimApproaches using indeterministic quantum processes to explain the causal role of consciousness fail to define the specific conditions under which the mind interferes in physical processes or the natural principles governing such interference.
claimDavid Chalmers states that a solution to the hard problem requires an account of the relationship between physical processes and consciousness based on natural principles.
quote“The hard problem of consciousness [...] is that of explaining how and why physical processes give rise to phenomenal consciousness [sic!]. A solution to the hard problem would involve an account of the relation between physical processes and consciousness, explaining on the basis of natural principles how and why it is that physical processes are associated with states of experience”
claimInteractionism faces the problem of identifying a non-causal mechanism that could explain how consciousness influences physical processes, given the lack of a clear causal connection.
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claimThe 'hard problem' of consciousness is defined as the challenge of understanding why and how physical processes are associated with consciousness, specifically questioning why humans are not simply robots or philosophical zombies.
claimDavid Chalmers is a philosopher known for coining the term 'the hard problem of consciousness,' which refers to the question of how and why consciousness is produced from physical processes.
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 1 fact
perspectiveDavid Chalmers favors an informational view of consciousness because the most striking correspondences between experience and underlying physical processes occur at the level of information structures.
David Chalmers Thinks the Hard Problem Is Really Hard scientificamerican.com 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers argues that the connection between physical processes and consciousness may be analogous to fundamental laws in physics, which also lack an intuitive 'Aha!' explanation.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org 1 fact
perspectiveThomas Nagel claims that it is unintelligible how any physical process can necessitate consciousness, asserting that causation must involve necessitation rather than effects merely following causes.