Abstract
The meta-problem of consciousness is (to a first approximation) the problem of explaining why we think that there is a problem of consciousness. Just as metacognition is cognition about cognition, and a meta-theory is a theory about theories, the meta-problem is a problem about a problem. The initial problem is the hard problem of consciousness: why and how do physical processes in the brain give rise to conscious experience? The meta-problem is the problem of explaining why we think consciousness poses a hard problem, or in other terms, the problem of explaining why we think consciousness is hard to explain.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6-61 |
| Number of pages | 56 |
| Journal | Journal of Consciousness Studies |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 9-10 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |