What are conscious experiences actually

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Assignment:

Read David Chalmers' catalog of conscious experiences:

Chalmers, David, J. "A catalog of conscious experiences." in Keith Frankish, ed., Consciousness. 2nd ed. Open University (2010), pp. 182-7.

Explore your own consciousness. Go through the list, catalog some examples, and reflect on the following questions.

If consciousness is physical, why can't other people see my conscious experiences or measure them?

If I built a robot that is an exact duplicate of me, could that robot feel these conscious experiences?

What are conscious experiences actually?

If conscious experiences are just neurons firing in my head then how do I explain ideas like "intention" or "imagination"?

If I were to describe my mind as a kind of computer or Turing-Machine, then what exactly are these conscious experiences?

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