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The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Explore the distinction between functional processing and subjective experience.
📝 Prompt Content
Explain David Chalmers' distinction between the 'easy problems' of consciousness (explaining cognitive functions) and the 'hard problem' (explaining why and how physical processes give rise to subjective experience). Discuss the limitations of materialist reductionism in addressing qualia and evaluate the viability of panpsychism or dualism as alternative theoretical frameworks.