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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 12 facts
claimThe explanatory gap between physical and phenomenal accounts of consciousness has been a topic of discussion in the mind-body problem for centuries.
claimDavid Chalmers discusses the 'hard problem of consciousness' and its associated difficulties in his work on the ontological riddles of the mind-body problem.
claimThe modern mind-body problem originates from René Descartes’s interactionist ontological dualism and the mechanistic worldview of his time.
perspectiveThe mind-body problem represents an ontological bottleneck that science must resolve to transcend the limitations inherited from Cartesian dualism.
claimSome approaches to the mind-body problem assume that the physical world might be the manifestation of a ubiquitous phenomenal or protophenomenal essence, which contrasts with substance dualism that presupposes consciousness emerges from a physical substrate.
claimThe author proposes that the mind-body problem and the nature of fundamental physical observables in quantum physics both ultimately resolve into questions regarding the ontological roles of mind and matter.
claimThe mind-body problem became the central question of epistemology and modern philosophy due to the problematization of the mind and its relation to reality by René Descartes, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant.
claimThomas Nagel suggested that "objective phenomenology" might overcome the limitations of reductionism regarding the mind-body problem.
quote“We can say that a being is conscious if there is something it is like to be that being, to use a phrase made famous by Thomas Nagel. Similarly, a mental state is conscious if it has a qualitative feel—an associated quality of experience. These qualitative feels are also known as phenomenal qualities, or qualia for short. The problem of explaining these phenomenal qualities is just the problem of explaining consciousness. This is the really hard part of the mind–body problem”
claimTwo research fields are currently investigating ontological models to explain recalcitrant evidence: the mind-body problem in the context of neurological evidence, and the nature of fundamental physical observables in the context of quantum physics.
claimDavid Chalmers identifies the problem of explaining phenomenal qualities (qualia) as the "hard part" of the mind-body problem.
claimThomas Nagel argued that the existence of conscious experience does not disprove physicalism but indicates that the theory requires further investigation.
Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 9 facts
referenceMiri Albahari authored the paper 'Perennial Idealism: A Mystical Solution to the Mind–Body Problem', published in Philosophers' Imprint in 2019.
perspectiveColin McGinn argues in his 1989 paper 'Can We Solve the Mind–Body Problem?' that cosmic idealism is a promising version of idealism and should be considered alongside panpsychism as a viable approach to the mind–body problem.
referenceDonald D. Hoffman authored the paper 'Conscious Realism and the Mind–Body Problem', published in Mind and Matter in 2008.
referenceDavid J. Chalmers authored the chapter 'Idealism and the Mind–Body Problem' in 'The Routledge Handbook of Panpsychism', edited by William Seager and published by Routledge in 2020.
claimColin McGinn cites Jerry Fodor's concept of the modularity of mind to support the theory of cognitive closure regarding the mind–body problem.
perspectiveDavid Chalmers characterizes the form of idealism proposed by Donald D. Hoffman as one of the handful of promising approaches to the mind–body problem.
claimThe philosophical ideas of Thomas Nagel and Joseph Levine are categorized as weaker forms of new mysterianism, which allow for the possibility of future understanding of the mind-body problem.
claimColin McGinn categorizes the mind–body problem as a mystery rather than a problem, drawing on Noam Chomsky's distinction between problems that are solvable and mysteries that human cognitive faculties are unequipped to understand.
claimThe mind–body problem is the problem of how the mind and the body relate, and it is more general than the hard problem of consciousness because it implicates any theoretical framework that addresses the relationship between mind and body.
Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Aug 19, 2003 7 facts
claimThe mind-body problem is the philosophical inquiry into the relationship between the mind and the body, or between mental properties and physical properties.
claimKarl R. Popper authored 'A note on the mind-body problem', published in Analysis in 1955.
referenceK. E. Himma authored the article 'When a problem for all is a problem for none: substance dualism, physicalism and the mind-body problem', published in the American Philosophical Quarterly in 2005.
claimThe causal question within the mind-body problem asks whether physical states influence mental states, whether mental states influence physical states, and the mechanisms by which these influences occur.
claimThe mind-body problem is defined as the set of questions concerning the relationship between mental states and physical states.
claimThe ontological question within the mind-body problem asks whether mental states and physical states are distinct, or if one class is a subclass of the other.
claimKarl R. Popper authored 'Language and the mind-body problem: a restatement of interactionism', presented at the 11th International Congress of Philosophy in 1953 and reprinted in 'Conjectures and Refutations' in 1962.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 6 facts
claimMost philosophers define the mind-body problem as the challenge of integrating the mind into the scientific picture of the physical world, which has led to the development of various physicalist theories.
referenceColin McGinn argued that the mind-body problem is unsolvable by human cognition in his 1999 book 'The Mysterious Flame: Conscious Minds in a Material World'.
referenceWilliam Woodward authored 'Fechner's Panpsychism: A Scientific Solution to the Mind-Body Problem', published in the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences in 1972.
referenceJaegwon Kim addressed the mind-body problem in the context of physicalism in his 1999 book 'Mind in a Physical World'.
claimGalileo, Descartes, and Newton inaugurated a mechanistic worldview that placed the mind-body problem at the center of philosophical inquiry while simultaneously marginalizing it.
referenceMatson (1966) suggests that the mind-body problem is not an ancient philosophical concern.
Hard Problem of Consciousness | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 5 facts
referenceDavid R. Griffin authored the book 'Unsnarling the World-Knot: Consciousness, Freedom, and the Mind Body Problem,' published by the University of California Press in 1998.
referenceChristopher S. Hill authored the article 'Imaginability, conceivability, possibility, and the mind-body problem,' published in Philosophical Studies in 1997.
claimDavid Chalmers coined the term 'hard problem' in 1995 and 1996, though the concept is a long-standing element of the mind-body problem.
claimThomas Nagel asserts that the inherent subjectivity of conscious states makes the mind-body problem intractable for science.
referenceColin McGinn authored 'Can we solve the Mind-Body Problem?', published in Mind in 1989.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 18, 2017 5 facts
referenceThe chapter "Mind-Body, Not a Pseudoproblem" by Herbert Feigl was published in the book "Dimensions of Mind", edited by Sidney Hook, by New York University Press in 1960, pages 24–36.
claimArthur Eddington independently expressed thoughts similar to Bertrand Russell's approach to the mind-body problem in his 1927 Gifford lectures (published in 1928).
referenceWallace I. Matson authored 'Why Isn’t the Mind-Body Problem Ancient?', published in the book 'Mind, Matter and Method' (edited by Paul K. Feyerabend and Grover Maxwell) by the University of Minnesota Press in 1966.
referenceW.K. Clifford authored 'Body and Mind', originally published in the Fortnightly Review in 1874 and reprinted in 'Lectures and Essays' in 1886.
claimBertrand Russell proposed a novel approach to the mind-body problem in his 1927 book, The Analysis of Matter.
Theories and Methods of Consciousness biomedres.us Jan 29, 2024 4 facts
claimAlexander Wendt proposed a quantum social theory to address the mind-body problem within the context of social science.
referenceNannini S published 'The mind-body problem in the philosophy of mind and cognitive neuroscience: a physicalist naturalist solution' in Neurological Sciences in 2018.
referenceJohn R. Searle authored the book 'Mind: A Brief Introduction', which provides an overview of the mind-body problem.
claimKastrup B proposed an ontological solution to the mind-body problem in 2017.
David Chalmers Thinks the Hard Problem Is Really Hard scientificamerican.com Apr 10, 2017 4 facts
claimThomas Nagel asserted in his 1974 essay 'What is it like to be a bat?' that consciousness is the specific factor that makes the mind-body problem difficult.
accountDavid Chalmers began thinking about the mind-body problem at age 10 after being diagnosed as nearsighted and receiving glasses, which made the world appear deeper and more three-dimensional.
claimHerbert Feigl separated the mind-body problem into the sub-problems of sentience, sapience, and selfhood during the 1950s.
perspectiveDavid Chalmers believes that solving the mind-body problem requires radical ideas and a tolerance for unconventional theories.
Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu Jun 18, 2004 4 facts
claimGeneral metaphysical theories of consciousness address the mind-body problem by asking about the ontological status of consciousness relative to the physical world, with responses generally paralleling standard dualism and physicalism.
referenceRobert Kirk published 'Why shouldn't we be able to solve the mind-body problem?' in the journal Analysis in 1991.
referencePatricia S. Churchland published 'On the alleged backwards referral of experiences and its relevance to the mind body problem' in the journal Philosophy of Science in 1981.
referenceM. Silberstein published 'Emergence and the mind-body problem' in the Journal of Consciousness Studies in 1998.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 3 facts
claimBaruch Spinoza and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz are two thinkers who responded to the dilemma of the mind-body problem by endorsing versions of panpsychism.
claimEmergentism was the dominant philosophical position regarding the mind-body problem during the twentieth century.
claimPhysicalism encompasses a collection of theories that attempt to solve the mind-body problem by integrating the mind into the physical world.
Quantum Theory of Consciousness - Scirp.org. scirp.org 2 facts
referenceMichael Lockwood authored 'Mind, Body and the Quantum: The Compound “I”', published by Oxford University Press in 1989, which explores the relationship between quantum mechanics and the mind-body problem.
claimThe Quantum Theory of Consciousness (QTOC) presented by Gangsha Zhi and Rulin Xiu is based on a new interpretation of quantum physics and aims to address the mind-body problem and the hard problem of consciousness.
Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net 2 facts
referenceRichard Warner published 'Facing ourselves: Incorrigibility and the mind-body problem' in the Journal of Consciousness Studies in 1996, addressing incorrigibility and the mind-body problem.
referenceC. McGinn authored the paper 'Can we solve the mind-body problem?', which was published in Mind, Volume 98, pages 349-366, in 1989, and later reprinted in 'The Problem of Consciousness' (Blackwell, 1991).
Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
claimIn 2015, David Chalmers proposed a solution to the mind-body problem using a dialectical structure of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.
referenceDavid Chalmers's 2015 argument for the mind-body problem consists of: (1) Thesis: materialism is true; everything is fundamentally physical. (2) Antithesis: dualism is true; not everything is fundamentally physical. (3) Synthesis: panpsychism is true.
Quantum Models of Consciousness from a Quantum Information ... arxiv.org Dec 20, 2024 2 facts
referenceJ. A. Galadí published 'The mind-body problem: An overview of proposed solutions' in 2024, providing an overview of solutions to the mind-body problem across various disciplines.
claimSome researchers suggest that the force field associated with consciousness represents the brain’s endogenous electromagnetic (EM) field, which reframes the mind-body problem as a matter-field dualism.
Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love May 7, 2025 1 fact
perspectiveDavid Chalmers views panpsychism as a potential 'middle path' solution to the mind-body problem.
Panpsychism: Conscious Rocks and Socks - Free Thinking Ministries freethinkingministries.com Nov 24, 2023 1 fact
referenceKenneth Himma authored a paper titled 'What Is a Problem for All Is a Problem for None: Substance Dualism, Physicalism, and the Mind-Body Problem', which discusses the interaction problem in the context of various mind-body theories.
Landmark experiment sheds new light on the origins of consciousness alleninstitute.org 1 fact
quoteChristof Koch, a meritorious investigator at the Allen Institute, stated: “Adversarial collaboration fits within the Allen Institute’s mission of team science, open science and big science, in service of one of the biggest, and most long-standing, intellectual challenges of humanity: the Mind-Body Problem. Unravelling this mystery is the passion of my entire life.”
(PDF) Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness - Academia.edu academia.edu 1 fact
claimPanpsychism asserts that all matter possesses consciousness at varying levels, offering a potential resolution to the mind-body problem that traditional physicalism struggles to explain.
Understanding LLM Understanding skywritingspress.ca Jun 14, 2024 1 fact
claimJocelyn Maclure is a professor of political philosophy at McGill University who researches ethics, political philosophy, and artificial intelligence, specifically exploring metaphysical questions like the mind-body problem and personal identity.
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claimQuantum consciousness theory is proposed as a potential solution to the mind-body problem, as well as an explanation for the nature of life and the nature of time.
Consciousness and Cognitive Sciences journal-psychoanalysis.eu 1 fact
claimThe traditional mind-body problem involves attempts to link mental-cognitive domains with brain-bodily domains, often associated with eliminativist or reductionist neuroscientific approaches.