I had the idea that it would be wonderful to be a physicist or a mathematician maybe 500 years ago around the time of Newton when there were really fundamental things just lying around to be discovered. — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
I think the existence of zombies would contradict certain laws of nature in our world. It seems to be a law of nature, in… — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
How does the water of the brain turn into the wine of consciousness? — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial theory of perception - that one perceives the world… — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
A philosopher might find the general work unsophisticated, and scientists are often bemused by esoteric talk of zombies, supervenience, and possible worlds. — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
I never expected this to catch on in the way it did! Of course similar observations have been made by any number of people,… — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
My interests started about in science and in mathematics; I always thought I was going to be a mathematician. — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
Consciousness poses the most baffling problems in the science of the mind. There is nothing that we know more intimately than conscious experience, but… — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version! — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a eural correlate of consciousness? — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a "neural correlate of consciousness"? — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
