Using the Chalmers reading on pages 560-571 (please do not use the very different Chalmers reading on pages 552-559), explain what easy, functional, or mechanical questions are. Also explain what the hard question of consciousness or experience is. How are these two different? Is there any overlap or bridge from one to the next? Why or why not? Is quantum mechanics (page 567) or any of the five strategies or options (from pages 566-567) a likely bridge or overlap between the two? Why or why not? Why does Chalmers say we need a non-reductive explanation of consciousness?
Please give me one of Hardcastle’s general doubts about his non-reductive explanation (575). Then give me her more specific criticism, about him being a consciousness mysterian (576 forward).
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