Consciousness presents a ‘hard problem’ to scholars — how the physical body gives rise to subjective experience.

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The ‘Hard Problem of Consciousness’ Arises from Human … (PMC/NIH)

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XREF: connects to: Human knowledge fails to answer life’s fundamental questions. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 64; Science has failed to adequately answer how human consciousness developed or what it actually is. — No, Science Can’t Answer the Biggest Questions of Life and Existence; Science is done by brains and people, so claiming science can’t explain consciousness is nonsensical. — Science can’t explain consciousness because … (+9 more)

The hard problem of consciousness is explaining why any physical state is conscious rather than nonconscious. (similarity 0.93)
Consciousness is a phenomenon that is widely considered amenable to scientific investigation. (similarity 0.86)
Reductionists accept only ‘temporary mysterianism’—current ignorance about consciousness that future science may resolve—versus ‘permanent mysterianism,’ which claims the mystery is unsolvable. (similarity 0.85)
Science has failed to adequately answer how human consciousness developed or what it actually is. (similarity 0.83)
Conscious experience in humans depends on brain activity, so neuroscience will contribute to explaining consciousness. (similarity 0.83)
Science is done by brains and people, so claiming science can’t explain consciousness is nonsensical. (similarity 0.82)
Understanding consciousness requires not treating organisms like machines and minds like code. (similarity 0.82)
The majority of neuroscientists ignore the question of how consciousness is generated. (similarity 0.82)
New mysterianism proposes that the hard problem of consciousness cannot be resolved by humans. (similarity 0.81)
As McGinn argued, introspection cannot tell us how physical processes give rise to consciousness. (similarity 0.81)
Colin McGinn argues consciousness is a mystery that human intelligence will never unravel, as the hard problem of qualia cannot be resolved by humans. (similarity 0.79)