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The Hard Problem

Mind, body, and what a third-person account keeps leaving out

Descartes · Nagel · Jackson · Chalmers · Searle · 4 chapters · 12 min read

Why there is something it is like to be you, and why nobody can explain it.

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Mind and Body

  1. 01The Mind-Body ProblemOn a clean division that has never recovered from one question.
  2. 02Why Consciousness Is HardOn the difference between a question we can answer and one we cannot describe an answer to.

From the Inside

  1. 03Mary's RoomOn a scientist in a black and white room, and what she does or does not learn.
  2. 04The Chinese Room, and Other MindsOn a man in a room passing notes, and the one mind you have ever inspected.