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Why and how does physical information processing give rise to subjective experience?

No agreed bridge principle connects objective mechanism to phenomenal experience.

openpublic0 active researchersThe Hard Problem of ConsciousnessAll open questions

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First recorded
1995
Originator
David Chalmers
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The hard problem of consciousness

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Philosopher who formulated the hard problem: why physical information processing is accompanied by subjective experience.

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