David Chalmers
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| Born | David John Chalmers 20 April 1966 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Adelaide (BSc, 1986) University of Oxford (1987–1988) Indiana University Bloomington (PhD, 1993) |
| Thesis | Toward a Theory of Consciousness (1993) |
| Douglas Hofstadter | |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Analytic | |
| Institutions | Washington University in St. Louis University of California, Santa Cruz University of Arizona Australian National University New York University |
Main interests | Philosophy of mind Consciousness Philosophy of language |
Notable ideas | Hard problem of consciousness, extended mind, two-dimensional semantics, naturalistic dualism, philosophical zombie, further facts |
David John Chalmers (/ˈtʃɑːmərz/; born 20 April 1966) is an Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist, specializing in philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. He is a professor of philosophy and neural science at New York University (NYU), as well as co-director of NYU's Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness (along with Ned Block). In 2006, he was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In 2013, he was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Chalmers is best known for formulating the hard problem of consciousness, and for popularizing the philosophical zombie thought experiment.
Chalmers and David Bourget co-founded PhilPapers; a database of journal articles for philosophers.