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David Chalmers and Colin McGinn are related through their shared academic discourse on the philosophy of consciousness, where Chalmers critically analyzes McGinn's 'hidden dimension' theory {fact:1, fact:2, fact:5} and evaluates his views against other prominent thinkers {fact:3, fact:4}. Their relationship is further evidenced by their direct professional interaction regarding these theories [1].
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Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 6 facts
perspectiveDavid Chalmers argues that Colin McGinn's approach to consciousness requires revising or supplementing theories of space to accommodate consciousness while maintaining external predictions.
claimDavid Chalmers notes that the proposal by Hut and Shepard for a property 'X' is similar to Colin McGinn's suggestion of a 'hidden dimension' of space that enables the existence of consciousness.
claimDavid Chalmers interprets Colin McGinn's concept of a 'hidden dimension' of physical reality as a requirement to postulate something new and fundamental beyond what is empirically adequate.
claimDavid Chalmers notes that if Colin McGinn's view asserts that explaining experience is just a problem of explaining structure and function, it becomes remarkably similar to Daniel Dennett's position.
accountThe symposium on David Chalmers' paper 'Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness' included 26 commentaries from various scholars, including Bernard Baars, Douglas Bilodeau, Patricia Churchland, Tom Clark, C.J.S. Clarke, Francis Crick, Christof Koch, Daniel Dennett, Stuart Hameroff, Roger Penrose, Valerie Hardcastle, David Hodgson, Piet Hut, Roger Shepard, Benjamin Libet, E.J. Lowe, Bruce MacLennan, Colin McGinn, Eugene Mills, Kieron O'Hara, Tom Scutt, Mark Price, William Robinson, Gregg Rosenberg, William Seager, Jonathan Shear, Henry Stapp, Francisco Varela, Max Velmans, and Richard Warner.
claimDavid Chalmers argues that Colin McGinn's view faces a dilemma: either explaining experience is just a problem of explaining structure and function, or fundamental physics must contain something more than structure and function.
David Chalmers Thinks the Hard Problem Is Really Hard scientificamerican.com 1 fact
accountDavid Chalmers sought out philosopher Colin McGinn to discuss his ideas about consciousness, but McGinn dismissed Chalmers' ideas as 'a load of crap'.