David Chalmers suggests that just as Newton's theory of gravitation explains why an apple falls by invoking a fundamental force rather than just correlating drop heights and times, a theory of consciousness should explain why brain states produce conscious states by invoking fundamental laws.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Journal of Consciousness Studies
  Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers

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• Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net Journal of Consciousness Studies via serper

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• David Chalmers entity
• conscious states concept
• brain states concept
• Theory of Consciousness concept