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The Mind-Body Problem: What Is Consciousness?
How can physical brain processes give rise to subjective experience?
How does grey matter become the redness of red, the pain of pain, or the feeling of love?
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The 'hard problem' of consciousness, named by philosopher David Chalmers, asks why physical brain processes give rise to subjective experience at all. Neuroscience can explain how the brain processes visual wavelengths, but not why it feels like something to see red.
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