David Chalmers

David John Chalmers (; born 20 April 1966) is an Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist specializing in the areas of philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. He is a Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science at New York University, as well as co-director of NYU's Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness (along with Ned Block). In 2006, he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In 2013, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.Chalmers is best known for formulating the hard problem of consciousness, a problem that can be traced back to Leibniz (Monadology, 1714, sect.17) and which has been repeatedly phrased throughout science and philosophy's history by such philosophers and scientists as Emil du Bois-Raymond ('Über die Grenzen des Naturerkennens', 1872) and Whilhelm Wundt ('Selbstbeobachtung und innere Wahrnehmung' 1888).[1] [2]He is the cofounder of PhilPapers (a database of journal articles for professionals and students in philosophy) along with David Bourget.