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date: '2026-01-28'
description: what-it's-like-ness, the hard problem, and why functional explanation keeps missing
id: phenomenal-consciousness
modified: 2026-06-05 15:08:27 GMT-04:00
seealso:
  - '[[thoughts/access consciousness]]'
  - '[[thoughts/dualism]]'
  - '[[thoughts/qualia]]'
  - '[[thoughts/philosophical zombies]]'
  - '[[thoughts/functionalism]]'
  - '[[thoughts/physicalism]]'
socials:
  sep: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness/
  wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomenal_consciousness
tags:
  - philosophy
  - consciousness
title: phenomenal consciousness
created: '2026-01-28'
published: '2026-01-28'
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nagel 1974 (what it is like). chalmers 1995 (hard problem). levine 1983 (explanatory gap). block 1995 (cut from [[thoughts/access consciousness]]).