?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Facing+Up+to+the+Problem+of+Consciousness&rft.creator=Chalmers%2C+David+J.&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=To+make+progress+on+the+problem+of+consciousness%2C+we+have+to+confront+it+directly.+In+this+paper%2C+I+first+isolate+the+truly+hard+part+of+the+problem%2C+separating+it+from+more+tractable+parts+and+giving+an+account+of+why+it+is+so+difficult+to+explain.+I+critique+some+recent+work+that+uses+reductive+methods+to+address+consciousness%2C+and+argue+that+such+methods+inevitably+fail+to+come+to+grips+with+the+hardest+part+of+the+problem.+Once+this+failure+is+recognized%2C+the+door+to+further+progress+is+opened.+In+the+second+half+of+the+paper%2C+I+argue+that+if+we+move+to+a+new+kind+of+nonreductive+explanation%2C+a+naturalistic+account+of+consciousness+can+be+given.+I+put+forward+my+own+candidate+for+such+an+account%3A+a+nonreductive+theory+based+on+principles+of+structural+coherence+and+organizational+invariance%2C+and+a+double-aspect+theory+of+information.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F316%2F1%2Fconsciousness.html&rft.identifier=++Chalmers%2C+David+J.++(1995)+Facing+Up+to+the+Problem+of+Consciousness.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F316%2F