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consciousness hard problem
KON-shus-nes HARD PROB-lem
ˈkɒnʃəsnəs hɑːrd ˈprɒbləmListen
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consciousnesshardproblem
Dictionary meaning
David Chalmers' term for the philosophical challenge of explaining why physical brain processes give rise to subjective conscious experience at all; distinguished from 'easy problems' of explaining cognitive functions; remains one of the deepest unsolved problems in philosophy and neuroscience
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