It has long been one of the most fundamental problems of philosophy, and it is now, John
Searle writes," the most important problem in the biological sciences": What is …

The overwhelrrting question in neurobi ology today is the relation between the mind and the
brain. Everyone agrees that what we know as mind is closely related to certain aspects of …

What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware
mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate, aesthetic pleasure or spiritual …

Consciousness,'the last great mystery for science', remains a hot topic. How can a physical
brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free …

In Conversations on Consciousness, Susan Blackmore interviews some of the great minds
of our time, a who's who of eminent thinkers, all of whom have devoted much of their lives to …

How would we know if a machine had taken on this seemingly ineffable quality of conscious
awareness? Our strategy relies on the knowledge that only a conscious machine can …

Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself an
illusion? Am I conscious now? Now considered the'last great mystery of science' …

The relation between subjective consciousness and the physical brain is widely regarded as
the last mystery facing science. This book argues that there is no real puzzle here …

Page 1 the Character of COſlSCIOUS GSS david Chalmers Page 2 THE CHARACTER OF
CONSCIOUSNESS Page 3 PHILOSOPHY OF MIND Series Editor: David J. Chalmers, Australian …

Consciousness seems to be an enigmatic phenomenon: it is difficult to imagine how our
perceptions of the world and our inner thoughts, sensations and feelings could be related to …