David Chalmers
Biography
David Chalmers is University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New York University. He is the author of The Conscious Mind (1996), Constructing the World (2010), and Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy (2022). He co-founded the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness and the PhilPapers Foundation. He has given the John Locke Lectures and has been awarded the Jean Nicod Prize. He is known for formulating the "hard problem" of consciousness, which inspired Tom Stoppard's play The Hard Problem, and for the idea of the "extended mind," which says that the tools we use can become parts of our minds.
Sample Works
- The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory (1996) Book
- The Character of Consciousness (2010) Book
- Constructing the World (2012) Book
- Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy (2022) Book
- Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness (1995) Paper
Roundtable Appearances
October 16, 2022 · ▶ Video
Coding and the New Human Phenotype: Is the Universe a Metaverse?
The panel explored the concept that "we have been living in a sort of metaverse all along." The discussion centered on the notion that the Universe functions as "one giant...
Emily Adlam, David Chalmers, Elias Dakwar, Christopher Fuchs, Sylvester James Gates
March 7, 2015 · ▶ Video
Apprehending Consciousness
The roundtable explores whether science is nearing an answer to the question of how and why consciousness and self-consciousness come about. It examines roles of physics,...
David Chalmers, Karl Friston, Piet Hut, Gabrielle Jackson, Ken Paller, Nicholas Schiff