The Conscious Mind

The Conscious Mind (1996) is a groundbreaking work analyzing why subjective experience has remained so resistant to conventional scientific explanations. It argues that consciousness must be considered a fundamental property woven into reality rather than an illusory emergent product of brain computations.

• Technologists and futurists contemplating machine consciousness
• Curious minds exploring the connections between science and spirit
• Anyone appreciating thought experiments that challenge fundamental assumptions about reality

David Chalmers is a leading philosopher and cognitive scientist at New York University and the author of several books that challenge conventional scientific views on consciousness and reality. He’s codirector of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at NYU, a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.