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    David Chalmers

    David Chalmers

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy

    b. 1966

    David Chalmers is an Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist best known for formulating the 'hard problem of consciousness,' which distinguishes the question of subjective experience from functional problems of mind. He is a leading figure in philosophy of mind and has made influential contributions to the study of consciousness, two-dimensional semantics, and the extended mind thesis.

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    Notable Achievements

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    Formulated the 'hard problem of consciousness'

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    Authored 'The Conscious Mind' (1996), defending naturalistic dualism

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    Co-developed the extended mind thesis with Andy Clark

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    Advanced two-dimensional semantics in philosophy of language

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    Authored 'Reality+' (2022) on virtual reality and simulation

    Positions & Arguments

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    Perception

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    Experiences with any kind of content (including nonconceptual) can stand in evidential relations to beliefs.

    Consciousness & Mind

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    Whether a priori deducibility from the explanans is sufficient for explaining consciousness depends in part on the nature of the premises from which the deduction proceeds

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