David Chalmers

Professor of Philosophy , New York University, and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, New York University

David Chalmers is Professor of Philosophy and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New York University. He is best known for his work on consciousness, especially for his formulation of the “hard problem” of consciousness and his arguments against materialism. His 1996 book The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory was successful with both popular and academic audiences. Chalmers has been a leader in the interdisciplinary science of consciousness, organizing some of the most important conferences in the field. He also works on issues about language,  metaphysics, and artificial intelligence. His most recent book, Constructing the World, which attempts to build a model of the world from a few primitive concepts, was published in Fall 2012.

Participant In:

Apprehending Consciousness

Saturday, March 7, 2015
2:30-4:30 pm

Past Event

Is science nearing an answer to the question of how and why consciousness and self-consciousness come about? In attempting to resolve the mystery of sentience, what roles do physics, psychology, psychoanalysis, and neuroscience play? How do various philosophical and religious traditions contribute to our inquiries into this obvious and everyday universal experience?