Targets all theories
Highlights the difficulty in generating a truly compelling explanation of consciousness that does not simply assert the answer and can convince all listeners, raising challenges for all positions, whether functionalist, physicalist, dualist, dual-aspect, or any other position.
2 challenging
Challenging Arguments (2)
Explanatory Gap
Identifying neural correlates doesn't explain why or how physical processes give rise to subjective experience.
Phenomenology, Methodology, Targets all theories
The Hard Problem
Why should any physical function (or anything else) be accompanied by experience at all?
Phenomenology, Methodology, Targets all theories