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Philosophy · 18 min

The Conscious Mind

By David Chalmers

This episode explores why your subjective experience of the world isn't just a complex brain function, but a fundamental mystery challenging our understanding of reality itself.

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“This episode explores why your subjective experience of the world isn't just a complex brain function, but a fundamental mystery challenging our understanding of reality itself.”

— David Chalmers, The Conscious Mind

What it is about

Consciousness, Philosophy of Mind, Subjective Experience

Who it is for

If you've ever felt that your inner experience of the world is more than just brain chemistry, this will sharpen your understanding of consciousness, and this will help you see what to do next.

The author

David Chalmers is a philosopher who precisely articulated the "hard problem" of consciousness, forcing science and philosophy to confront the fundamental gap between physical brain processes and subjective experience.

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David Chalmers

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