Now I have to say I'm a complete atheist, I have no religious views myself and no spiritual views, except very watered down humanistic spiritual views, and consciousness is just a fact of life, it's a natural fact of life. David Chalmers atheistcompleteconsciousness share on social
My interests started about in science and in mathematics; I always thought I was going to be a mathematician. David Chalmers interestmathematicianmathematics Change image and share on social
Because the idea of zombies seems to make sense, and seems to, in a certain sense, be possible, I think one can use that to argue against the thesis that everything is purely physical. Now many people, I think, agree that the idea of zombies are conceivable, including people who want to be physicalists. David Chalmers agreeargueconceivable share on social
Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version! David Chalmers australianaustrianfind Change image and share on social
I think the existence of zombies would contradict certain laws of nature in our world. It seems to be a law of nature, in our world, that when you get a brain of a certain character you get consciousness going along with it. David Chalmers braincharacterconsciousness share on social
People have managed to avert their eyes and hope for the best. David Chalmers averteyehope Change image and share on social
Actually, I think my view is compatible with much of the work going on now in neuroscience and psychology, where people are studying the relationship of consciousness to neural and cognitive processes without really trying to reduce it to those processes. David Chalmers cognitivecompatibleconsciousness share on social
Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped it begin to overcome the stigma that has been attached to the topic for most of this century. David Chalmers attachbegincentury share on social
Studying consciousness tells us more about how the world is fundamentally strange. I think we have a few revolutions to go yet before we get to the bottom of it. David Chalmers bottomconsciousnessfundamentally Change image and share on social
What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a 'neural correlate of consciousness'? David Chalmers consciousnesscorrelateneural Change image and share on social