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David Chalmers has spent the better part of his career trying to arrive at a consensus definition of consciousness. [1] It's not exactly fair to fault the autho
by Hooke 9y ago
David Chalmers has spent the better part of his career trying to arrive at a consensus definition of consciousness. [1] It's not exactly fair to fault the author of this article for failing to do so. Chalmer's interview with Sam Harris gives a pretty good overview of the difficulties that arise when we specifically try to define and explain consciousness in anything beyond the most general terms. [2]
[1] https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=o8AfF3MAAAAJ https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=o8AfF3MAAAAJ
[2] https://samharris.org/podcasts/the-light-of-the-mind/ https://samharris.org/podcasts/the-light-of-the-mind/
- dragonwriter 9y ago> David Chalmers has spent the better part of his career trying to arrive at a consensus definition of consciousness. It's not exactly fair to fault the author of this article for failing to do so. It is, however, fair to fault everyone who purports to make claims about the relation of “consciousness” to anything else (much less everything else) who cannot define how “consciousness” is used in their claim (which need not be a consensus definition.) Such claims are inherently without substance and impossible to even meaningfully discuss, much less prove or refute.