David Chalmers coined the terms "hard problem" and "easy problems" in a 1994 talk at The Science of Consciousness conference held in Tucson, Arizona: > There i

David Chalmers coined the terms "hard problem" and "easy problems" in a 1994 talk at The Science of Consciousness conference held in Tucson, Arizona: > There is not just one problem of consciousness. “Consciousness” is an ambiguous term, referring to many different phenomena. Each of these phenomena needs to be explained, but some are easier to explain than others. At the start, it is useful to divide the associated problems of consciousness into “hard” and “easy” problems.