What ever the reason may be, we believe that something so powerful and essential for the mind must leave observable traces? And further, in the attempt to understand mind, its foundation, which we believe is consciousness, should be explored first.
Before we now approach consciousness scientifically, it may help approach of materialism in their approach, it have started
a domain of Many article about consciousness start with the question; What is consciousness?
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For a scientist, it is disturbing that something so powerful and essential for the mind may not leave many traces and which many believe isn't observable and can't be explained.
Philosophy is the discipline that has the longest history in disputing consciousness. Despite the long studies, consciousness is also a controversial topic in philosophy. However, we found that David Chalmers' approach is a good starting point for our considerations. Chalmers introduced the term of the "hard problem" of consciousness. Essentially, he divided consciousness into two part. The complementary part, the "soft problem" summaries those internal states which can be felt, while the hard problem describes the phenomenal experiences. Chalmers argues further that the hard problem can be never explained.
Chalmers' assumptions are controversial not only under philosophers but also under cognitive neuroscientist who argue that