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David Chalmers is related to cognition because he explores its role in consciousness through the 'easy problems' [1], examines its relationship to physical reality [2], and discusses its outsourcing to external systems [3] while distinguishing it from phenomenal experience [4].
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 3 facts
claimDavid Chalmers defines the physical as the part of reality describable in terms of structure and function, though this definition faces challenges because cognition can be conceptualized in similar terms.
claimDavid Chalmers uses the concept of 'irreducibility' to define the explanatory gap between phenomenal experience (how it feels to be) and physical accounts of neuronal activity, cognition, and behavior.
claimDavid Chalmers defines 'easy problems' of consciousness as questions concerning the structure and function of cognition, or the psychological aspects of consciousness in terms of awareness and information processing, which are neurophysiologically explainable without changing the underlying metaphysical framework.
David Chalmers - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers proposes that computers are forming a form of "exo-cortex," where a part of human cognition is outsourced to corporations such as Apple and Google.