Explore / Philosophy
3,210 explorers / 3 open questions / 980 papers
Cathedral separates the established mechanism, the historical contribution chain, and the unresolved assumptions so each can be inspected independently.
Known nodes connect to ghost nodes where questions remain open.
Credit follows documented contributions. Open questions remain attached to the historical path rather than being presented as context-free prompts.
1995
The hard problem distinguishes functional explanation from subjective experience.
Chalmers argued that explaining cognitive functions does not by itself explain why experience exists.
David Chalmers
Philosopher who formulated the hard problem: why physical information processing is accompanied by subjective experience.
Open questions
Ghost nodes
What observation could decisively distinguish major theories of consciousness?
Consciousness research community / 0 active
Competing theories often accommodate overlapping experimental results.
Evidence trail: The neuroscience of consciousnessopenWhy and how does physical information processing give rise to subjective experience?
David Chalmers / 0 active
No agreed bridge principle connects objective mechanism to phenomenal experience.
Evidence trail: The hard problem of consciousness