Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped it begin to overcome the stigma that has been attached to the topic for most of this century. — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
I think that consciousness has always been the most important topic in the philosophy of mind, and one of the most important topics in cognitive science as a whole, but it had been surprisingly neglected in recent years. — 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
Here, the broader issues are already familiar, and discussion has focused at a more sophisticated and detailed level. Within the philosophy of mind, the… — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped it begin to overcome the stigma that has been… — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
It probably helps that my background is in the sciences and I can speak the scientists' language. — David Chalmers Copy Share Image
