The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Jan Linhart
Schriften zu Leben und Gesellschaft - Series on Life and Society 2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-03927-9_11 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Key points | Argues that a naturalist theory of mind and matter may be possible if the problem is approached from a different perspective. |
Abstract
Abstract This chapter refers to the “hard problem of consciousness”, as discussed by David Chalmers, and its peculiar difficulties. Following Chalmers’s decade long work on the ontological riddles posed by the mind-body-problem, the chapter concludes Chalmers’s objective to find a naturalist theory of mind and matter might not be as impossible as estimated by Chalmers himself—at least not if we are prepared to ask some questions in from a different perspective.
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