David Chalmers

Chalmers, David J.

Biography

David John Chalmers was born in 1966 and grew up in Australia. In 1986 he obtained his undergraduate degree in mathematics and computer science at the University of Adelaide (during his undergraduate he placed first in the Australian Mathematics Competition (1980-1982), and Olympiad (1982) as well as bronze medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad (1982)). He received a Rhodes Scholarship to continue his studies in mathematics at the University of Oxford but soon switched to Indiana University where he obteined his Ph.D. in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, working in the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, in 1993. He spends two years as a McDonell Fellow in Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, and moved to Santa Cruz in July 1995, where he was Professor of Philosophy. Since January 1999 he is Professor at the University of Arizona and associate director of the Center for Consciousness Studies there.

Chalmers works mainly in the philosophy of mind, and in related areas of cognitive science and metaphysics. He is especially interested in consciousness, as well as foundations of artificial intelligence, artificial life, the contents of thought, the nature of possibility and the foundations of physics.

David Chalmers has written articles and prepared renamed courses on consciousness, mental content, computation, artificial intelligence, and various other topics in philosophy and cognitive science. He does a lot of fairly technical philosophy (metaphysics, philosophy of language) as well as being closely involved with work in science, originally artificial intelligence and physics, but lately more in neuroscience and psychology.

His book on consciousness, The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory, was published in 1996, with Oxford University Press.

Academic Address

Professor of Philosophy and Associate
Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies

Department of Philosophy
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721

E-Mail Address

chalmers@arizona.edu

Some bibliography

Some of his publications include:

Chalmers D J, French R, Hofstadter D. (1992) High-Level Perception, Representation, and Analogy: A Critique of Artificial Intelligence Methodology. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence 4:185-211.

Chalmers D J. (1995) The puzzle of Conscious Experience. Scientific American 237(6):62-68.

Chalmers D J. (1997) Availability: The Cognitive Basis of Experience? MIT Press.

Chalmers D J. (1998) The Problems of Consciousness. In H. Jasper, Consciousness at the Frontiers of Neuroscienc. Raven-Lippincott.

The title of his contribution to the Cajal Conference is How can we Construct a Science of Consciousness?

	Chalmers, David J.
	Biography
	David John Chalmers was born in 1966 and grew up in Australia. In 1986 he obtained his undergraduate degree in mathematics and computer science at the University of Adelaide (during his undergraduate he placed first in the Australian Mathematics Competition (1980-1982), and Olympiad (1982) as well as bronze medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad (1982)). He received a Rhodes Scholarship to continue his studies in mathematics at the University of Oxford but soon switched to Indiana University where he obteined his Ph.D. in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, working in the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, in 1993. He spends two years as a McDonell Fellow in Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, and moved to Santa Cruz in July 1995, where he was Professor of Philosophy. Since January 1999 he is Professor at the University of Arizona and associate director of the Center for Consciousness Studies there. Chalmers works mainly in the philosophy of mind, and in related areas of cognitive science and metaphysics. He is especially interested in consciousness, as well as foundations of artificial intelligence, artificial life, the contents of thought, the nature of possibility and the foundations of physics. David Chalmers has written articles and prepared renamed courses on consciousness, mental content, computation, artificial intelligence, and various other topics in philosophy and cognitive science. He does a lot of fairly technical philosophy (metaphysics, philosophy of language) as well as being closely involved with work in science, originally artificial intelligence and physics, but lately more in neuroscience and psychology. His book on consciousness, The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory, was published in 1996, with Oxford University Press.
	Academic Address
	Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies Department of Philosophy University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721
	E-Mail Address
	chalmers@arizona.edu
	Some bibliography
	Some of his publications include: Chalmers D J, French R, Hofstadter D. (1992) High-Level Perception, Representation, and Analogy: A Critique of Artificial Intelligence Methodology. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence 4:185-211. Chalmers D J. (1995) The puzzle of Conscious Experience. Scientific American 237(6):62-68. Chalmers D J. (1997) Availability: The Cognitive Basis of Experience? MIT Press. Chalmers D J. (1998) The Problems of Consciousness. In H. Jasper, Consciousness at the Frontiers of Neuroscienc. Raven-Lippincott. The title of his contribution to the Cajal Conference is How can we Construct a Science of Consciousness?