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David Chalmers Quotes on Nature

David Chalmers is an Australian philosopher, professor at New York University and the Australian National University, and a leading voice in the contemporary philosophy of mind. This page collects quotes attributed to David Chalmers on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to David Chalmers:

    “We may need to revise our basic picture of reality to make room for consciousness.”

  • Attributed to David Chalmers:

    “Property dualism is the thesis that the world contains physical properties and irreducible phenomenal properties.”

  • “Consciousness is the biggest mystery. It may be the largest outstanding obstacle in our quest for a scientific understanding of the universe.”

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  • “Conscious experience is at once the most familiar thing in the world and the most mysterious.”

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  • “Consciousness can be startlingly intense. It is the most vivid of phenomena; nothing is more real to us. But it can be frustratingly diaphanous: in talking about conscious experience, it is notoriously difficult to pin down the subject matter.”

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