David J. Chalmers
Autor/a de The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory
Sobre l'autor
David J. 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 Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University and Co-Director of the PhilPapers Foundation. He is the mostra'n més author of The Conscious Mind (OUP 1997), The Character of Consciousness (OUP 2010), and Constructing the World (OUP 2012). mostra'n menys
Obres de David J. Chalmers
Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings (2002) — Editor; Col·laborador — 290 exemplars
Toward a Science of Consciousness III: The Third Tucson Discussions and Debates (1999) — Editor — 28 exemplars
Consciousness and Its Place in Nature 2 exemplars
The Puzzle of Conscious Experience (Mysteries of the Mind - Special Issue) : A Scientific American article 1 exemplars
The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis 1 exemplars
Obres associades
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Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Chalmers, David J.
- Data de naixement
- 1966-04-20
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Australia
- Lloc de naixement
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Llocs de residència
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
New York, New York, USA - Educació
- Indiana University (Ph.D., philosophy and cognitive science, 1993)
University of Adelaide (B.S., mathematics and computer science) - Professions
- Professor of Philosophy, New York University
cognitive scientist - Relacions
- Hofstadter, Douglas (doctoral advisor)
- Organitzacions
- Australian National University
Centre for Consciousness
Center for Consciousness Studies (Director) - Premis i honors
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013)
Jean Nicod Prize (2015)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 12
- També de
- 3
- Membres
- 1,454
- Popularitat
- #17,673
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 11
- ISBN
- 36
- Llengües
- 5
- Preferit
- 5
David Chalmers’ Reality+ explores this new angle on philosophy. It covers: the nature of knowledge (i. e. how we know about the outside world) and how far we can trust that knowledge; the nature of the world (or universe) we are looking at; the nature of the instrument (mind) doing the looking; God (as creator of that universe, and possible nature of); value (what is “good”, what is “right”)…all squinted at through the newfangled lens of the Simulation Hypothesis. In addition, there’s something even newer too—virtual reality—and, while still unwieldy at present (headset, gloves and so on), it’s certain to become ever more subtle and invasive. Much of this book is about VR and what it may already be telling us about the relationship between mind and world. Running through it is what Chalmers calls “Simulation realism”, his contention that virtual objects are real—i.e. things which are part of a virtual world are real in the fullest sense of that word; and that if something (or someone) is part of a simulation, that doesn’t make it (or them) any less real.
Chalmers, a philosopher himself, makes his case very well, and one particular chapter out of the book’s twenty-four contained an idea so striking I’ve been mulling it over myself ever since. As for the Simulation Hypothesis itself though, I’m not, so far, persuaded by that. But it is like opening a window and letting some fresh clean air into the musty atmosphere of a philosophy class; and what’s also obvious to me is that, as we begin to design and run simulated universes ourselves, it’s going to let in a whole lot more.… (més)