Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness

# Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness **Domain:** Philosophy of Mind **Doc Type:** Paper Node **Maturity:** Evolving **Related:** [[David Chalmers]], [[Consciousness]], [[Physicalism]] --- ## Definition “Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness” is David Chalmers's 1995 paper distinguishing functional and cognitive problems from the explanatory problem of subjective experience. ## Corpus Context It is the source work for [[Hard Problem of Consciousness]] and prevents [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]] from treating behavioral equivalence as a completed account of experience. ## Key Insight **This node connects its historical or conceptual subject to the corpus without treating analogy as proof of direct influence.** ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts  > "All intelligence is collective intelligence." > **— Michael Levin**, *Basal-cognition talks, recurring formulation candidate* *Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Basal-cognition talks, recurring formulation candidate.* [[reminders/unverified/All Intelligence Is Collective Intelligence by Michael Levin|All Intelligence Is Collective Intelligence by Michael Levin]] > "Every conscious experience is part of a single unified scene." > **— Anil Seth**, *Consciousness writings, wording candidate* *Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Consciousness writings, wording candidate.* [[reminders/unverified/Consciousness Arrives as One Unified Scene by Anil Seth|Consciousness Arrives as One Unified Scene by Anil Seth]] > "Consciousness is a very thorny issue." > **— Francis Crick**, *The Astonishing Hypothesis (1994), excerpt candidate* *Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: The Astonishing Hypothesis (1994), excerpt candidate.* [[reminders/unverified/Consciousness Remains a Thorny Scientific Problem by Francis Crick|Consciousness Remains a Thorny Scientific Problem by Francis Crick]] > "Emotions are not a luxury." > **— Antonio Damasio**, *Descartes' Error / emotion research, widely cited formulation* *Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Descartes' Error / emotion research, widely cited formulation.* [[reminders/unverified/Emotions Are Not a Luxury by Antonio Damasio|Emotions Are Not a Luxury by Antonio Damasio]] > "Feelings are the mental experiences of body states." > **— Antonio Damasio**, *Emotion and feeling writings, wording candidate* *Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Emotion and feeling writings, wording candidate.* [[reminders/unverified/Feelings Are the Mind Reading the Body by Antonio Damasio|Feelings Are the Mind Reading the Body by Antonio Damasio]]  ## See Also [[David Chalmers]], [[Consciousness]], [[Physicalism]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]] - https://consc.net/papers/facing.html