David Chalmers ↔ behavior

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David Chalmers relates to behavior by defining it as a physical process that can be explained through functional organization [1] and causal roles [2], while using it as a benchmark to distinguish between physical systems and subjective experience {fact:1, fact:2, fact:3}.

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The Problem of Hard and Easy Problems cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 2 facts

claimDavid Chalmers defines the explanation of reportability as an explanation of how the relevant function is performed, specifically involving a story about the organization of a physical system that allows it to react to environmental stimulation and produce behavior.

claimDavid Chalmers defines 'function' as any causal role in the production of behavior that a system might perform.

The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com Springer 2 facts

claimDavid Chalmers argues that because behavior can be explained in purely physical terms, it is possible for 'zombie-twins' to behave exactly like humans despite having no phenomenal experience.

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.

Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

claimDavid Chalmers named the difficulty of explaining why physical brain processes and behavior give rise to subjective experience 'the hard problem of consciousness'.