Australian philosopher best known for formulating the hard problem of consciousness and developing two-dimensional semantics as a tool in philosophy of mind.
Introduced the hard problem of consciousness — the explanatory gap between physical processes and subjective experience — and extended 2D semantics to show that phenomenal concepts have a primary intension tracking experience and a secondary intension tracking physical realizers.
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