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The hard problem of consciousness is fundamentally defined as a challenge to the philosophical framework of physicalism {fact:1, fact:2}. The two concepts are linked because the hard problem serves as a potential counterexample to physicalism {fact:3, fact:4}, and various responses to the problem involve either defending, modifying, or rejecting physicalism {fact:5, fact:6, fact:11}.
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Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 5 facts
claimDavid Chalmers's 'hard problem' of consciousness presents a counterexample to physicalism and to phenomena like swarms of birds, as it suggests these cannot be reductively explained by their physical constituents.
claimType-A materialism, also known as reductive materialism or a priori physicalism, is a philosophical view committed to physicalism that rejects the hard problem of consciousness by asserting that it either does not exist or is merely an easy problem.
claimSome researchers respond to the hard problem of consciousness by accepting it as real and seeking to develop a theory of consciousness's place in the world by either modifying physicalism or adopting an alternative ontology such as panpsychism or dualism.
perspectiveRichard Brown defends an unorthodox form of Type-C materialism which asserts that the hard problem of consciousness cannot be decided a priori and that physicalism and dualism can only be vindicated through empirical scientific advances.
claimIf David Chalmers's 'hard problem' of consciousness is a real problem, then physicalism must be false; conversely, if physicalism is true, then the 'hard problem' must not be a real problem.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 4 facts
perspectiveDavid Chalmers argues that because physicalism cannot explain why neurophysical processes are correlated with qualitative experience, solving the 'hard problem of consciousness' requires radical changes in the ontological framework upon which modern science is based.
claimDavid Chalmers constructed his arguments regarding the hard problem of consciousness with physicalism as the central point of reference, having originally attempted to prove physicalism before discovering its untenability.
claimDavid Chalmers defines the "hard problem of consciousness" as the challenge of explaining how and why physical processes give rise to phenomenal consciousness.
claimArguments attempting to disprove the existence of a hard problem of consciousness necessarily lead to either the elimination of phenomenal experience (physicalism) or the elimination of the physical world (idealism/solipsism).
What is the hard problem of consciousness according to David ... quora.com 2 facts
David Chalmers - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
perspectiveDavid Chalmers argues that the essential difference between the 'easy' problems of consciousness and the 'hard' problem is that the easy problems are theoretically answerable via physicalism, the dominant strategy in the philosophy of mind.