An interview with Australian philosopher and professor David Chalmers discussing his theory of consciousness, the hard problem, and the explanatory gap.
Chalmers also has a wonderful online collection of academic papers, philosophical essays, and scientific articles over at Consc.net/online: a incredible resource for anyone interested in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, or philosophy of mind.
I have also written about my personal thoughts on this subject in some of my articles. In particular I recommend:
1. The Hard Problem Of Consciousness: Is Science In Need Of Another Cognitive Revolution?
2. The Epistemic Gap, Psychology, and The Scientific Method.
3. Thoughts On The Nature of Reality, Experience and Meditation
Hard problem of consciousness, from Wikipedia:
“The term hard problem of consciousness, coined by David Chalmers, refers to the difficult problem of explaining why we have qualitative phenomenal experiences. Chalmers contrasts this with the “easy problems” of explaining the ability to discriminate, integrate information, report mental states, focus attention, etc. Easy problems are easy because all that is required for their solution is to specify a mechanism that can perform the function. That is, their proposed solutions, regardless of how complex or poorly understood they may be, can be entirely consistent with the modern materialistic conception of natural phenomena. Chalmers claims that the problem of experience is distinct from this set, and he assumes that the problem of experience will “persist even when the performance of all the relevant functions is explained”.
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