David Chalmers: How do you explain consciousness?
David Chalmers: Hvordan forklarer du bevissthet?
In his work, David Chalmers explores the “hard problem of consciousness" -- the quest to explain our subjective experience. Full bio
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som henger sammen med
problems with consciousness.
en vitenskapelig materialist.
rundt bevissthet
en teori om bevissthet,
hvordan vi fungerer -
subjektiv opplevelse -
something from the inside? —
som noe fra innsiden? -
scientific view of the world.
some aspects of the universe
you need to expand the list.
can't do science with it.
buzzing around near the speed of light.
of information integration,
that it is in fact simple enough
som faktisk er enkel nok
for informasjonsprosessering
collective TED consciousness,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Chalmers - PhilosopherIn his work, David Chalmers explores the “hard problem of consciousness" -- the quest to explain our subjective experience.
Why you should listen
David Chalmers is a philosopher at the Australian National University and New York University. He works in philosophy of mind and in related areas of philosophy and cognitive science. While he's especially known for his theories on consciousness, he's also interested (and has extensively published) in all sorts of other issues in the foundations of cognitive science, the philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology.
Chalmers placed the "hard problem" of consciousness firmly on the philosophical map. He famously challenges materialist conceptions of mind, arguing for an "explanatory gap" between our brains’ physical properties and our minds’ qualia. Elsewhere he has championed the notion of the "extended mind," which argues that the mind is not confined to skin or skull, but plausibly may extend beyond them.
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