David Chalmers ↔ René Descartes

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David Chalmers's conceptual framework regarding the 'hard problem of consciousness' is directly linked to the philosophical foundations established by René Descartes, as noted in [1] and [2].

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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com Springer 1 fact

claimDavid Chalmers's definition of the 'hard problem of consciousness' was not entirely new, as René Descartes followed a similar rationale, and Thomas Nagel (1974) had previously pointed to the irreducibility of experience, specifically regarding 'what it is like to be a bat'.

The hard problem of consciousness is a distraction from the real one aeon.co Aeon 1 fact

claimDavid Chalmers distinguishes between the 'easy problem' and the 'hard problem' of consciousness, a conceptual framework he inherited from René Descartes.