David Chalmers

I think the existence of zombies would contradict certain laws of nature in our world. It seems to be a law of…

— David Chalmers

People have managed to avert their eyes and hope for the best.

— David Chalmers

How does the water of the brain turn into the wine of consciousness?

— David Chalmers

Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial theory of perception - that one perceives…

— David Chalmers

A philosopher might find the general work unsophisticated, and scientists are often bemused by esoteric talk of zombies, supervenience, and possible worlds.

— David Chalmers

I never expected this to catch on in the way it did! Of course similar observations have been made by any number…

— David Chalmers

My interests started about in science and in mathematics; I always thought I was going to be a mathematician.

— David Chalmers

Consciousness poses the most baffling problems in the science of the mind. There is nothing that we know more intimately than conscious…

— David Chalmers

Actually, I think most people accept the existence of qualia.

— David Chalmers

Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version!

— David Chalmers

What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a eural correlate of consciousness?

— David Chalmers

What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a "neural correlate of consciousness"?

— David Chalmers

Here, the broader issues are already familiar, and discussion has focused at a more sophisticated and detailed level. Within the philosophy of…

— David Chalmers

Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped it begin to overcome the stigma that…

— David Chalmers

It probably helps that my background is in the sciences and I can speak the scientists' language.

— David Chalmers

Actually, I think my view is compatible with much of the work going on now in neuroscience and psychology, where people are…

— David Chalmers

Why should physical processing give rise to a rich inner life at all? It seems objectively unreasonable that it should, and yet…

— David Chalmers

Because the idea of zombies seems to make sense, and seems to, in a certain sense, be possible, I think one can…

— David Chalmers

Anyway, there is a lot of really interesting work going on in the neuroscience and psychology of consciousness, and I would love…

— David Chalmers

Now I have to say I'm a complete atheist, I have no religious views myself and no spiritual views, except very watered…

— David Chalmers

Things are still in early stages, but one can imagine that as we build up and systematize our theories of these associations,…

— David Chalmers

I had the idea that it would be wonderful to be a physicist or a mathematician maybe 500 years ago around the…

— David Chalmers

Even when I was studying mathematics, physics, and computer science, it always seemed that the problem of consciousness was about the most…

— David Chalmers

I think that consciousness has always been the most important topic in the philosophy of mind, and one of the most important…

— David Chalmers

There's certainly nothing original about the observation that conscious experience poses a hard problem.

— David Chalmers