The hard problem is the problem
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) June 22, 2026 Luuk Vierhout
David Chalmers’ 'hard problem' of consciousness—how subjective experience arises from physical processes—has dominated philosophy of mind for decades. This paper argues that the hard problem is not a problem at all, but a category error—a confusion between classical and second-order cybernetic questions. By treating consciousness as an object to be explained from a third-person perspective,...