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David Chalmers
Areas of public interest: (examples of areas of public interest this person is qualified to comment on)
artificial intelligence; brain; cognitive science; computers; consciousness; language; Matrix; meaning; metaphysics; mind; neuroscience; physics; virtual reality; zombies
Contact Details:
Ph: (+61 2) 6125 3001
email: chalmers at anu.edu.au
Research School of Social Sciences
The Australian National University
Canberra, ACT, 0200
Title & Institutional Affiliations:
Professor of Philosophy, The Australian National University
Director of the Centre for Consciousness
ARC Federation Fellow
Selected Media appearances and public comments:
'The conundrum that is consciousness is a lifetime's work': Lunch with Diana Bagnall, The Bulletin, 27 July 2005
Consciousness, Philosophy Talk radio program, San Francisco KALW (91.7FM), 4 April 2004
Interview in Bulletin
David Chalmers on the Big Conundrum: Consciousness, All in the Mind, ABC Radio National, 10 August 2003
Much Ado About Consciousness, Philosophy Now, 1998
fragments of consciousness - David Chalmers' weblog
David Chalmers' wikipedia entry
General Areas of Academic Expertise:
Philosophy of Mind and Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology; Cognitive Science
Selected Publications:
The Puzzle of Conscious Experience, Scientific American, 237(6):62-68, December 1995. Reprinted in (B. Gertler & L. Shapiro, eds) Arguing About the Mind (Routledge, 2007).
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory, Oxford University Press, 1996
'The Extended Mind', (with Andy Clark) Analysis, 58, pp. 10-23, 1998. Reprinted in P. Grim ed The Philosopher's Annual, vol XXI, 1998.
'The Matrix as Metaphysics', on the philosophy section of the official Matrix website. Also in C. Grau ed. Philosophers Explore the Matrix, Oxford University Press, 2005.

Further information about David Chalmers and his research can be found at this website, including a list of publications
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