The first criterion for distinguishing between hard and easy problems, as presented by David Chalmers, is functional definability. If a phenomenon is functionally definable, it can be explained by specifying a mechanism; however, because consciousness is not about functions, it is not amenable to a mechanistic explanation.

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  The Problem of Hard and Easy Problems

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