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Chalmers: the hard problem
David J. Chalmers · 1995 · revised 2026-09-19
What the source says
Chalmers separates 'easy' problems (functions, report, control) from the hard problem: why and how there is experience. The text is the classic fence against treating a functional advance as a solution to consciousness.
Questions it helps us understand
Are we solving an easy problem and selling it as the hard one?
Limits and counterpoints
Some philosophers (illusionists, Dennettian views) reject the framing. We include the critique: the hard problem may be ill-posed — and genre honesty still remains.
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