ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY QUOTATIONS ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS March 19, 2020 FROM THE BOOK 30 SECOND BRAIN: The 50 most mind-blowing ideas in neuroscience, each explained in half a minute by Anhil Seth, editor, forward by Chris Frith. Metro Books/Sterling Publishers, 2014 (160 pages) QUOTATIONS ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS "Why are any physical processes, such as those happening in brains, ever accompanied by conscious experience? This is the 'hard problem', to be distinguished from the so-called 'easy problems' of explaining how the brain works." (page 76) "Not all philosophers believe in the 'hard problem'. Daniel Dennett argues that consciousness is best defined in terms of the function that it supports, and not by the raw essence of experience, the so-called qualia." (76) "It could be that by solving the easy problems of the brain, the 'hard problem' will dissolve away." (76) instantly return to: QUOTATIONS ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS or instantly return to: WEBSITE INDEX produced by Infinite Interactive Ideas™