Philosopher David Chalmers asks why humans have a sense of self, a constantly running movie full of sensation and internal chatter. He offers two ideas about the nature of consciousness. David ...

In the pursuit of understanding reality, humanity has often walked two parallel paths science and spirituality .

On the C-SPAN Networks: David Chalmers is a Co-Director for the Center for Mind Brain and Consciousness in the New York University with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was ...

Wednesday night I attended a panel discussion at the New York Academy of Sciences titled “The Thinking Ape: The Enigma of Human Consciousness.” The panel was presented by the NYAS, The Nour Foundation ...

Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy, by David J. Chalmers (W. W. Norton, 544 pp., $32) When Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta, it was not a simple case of rebranding for ...

David J. Chalmers is University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science & co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at NYU. His most recent book is Reality+: Virtual Worlds and ...