    david john chalmers (;"the thinking ape: the enigma of human consciousness" born 20 april 1966) is an australian philosopher and cognitive scientist specializing in the area of philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. he is professor of philosophy and director of the centre for consciousness at the australian national university. he is also professor of philosophy at new york university.philosophy.fas.nyu.edu in 2013, he was elected a fellow of the american academy of arts & sciences. ==life== since 2004, chalmers has been professor of philosophy, director of the centre for consciousness, and an arc federation fellow at the australian national university. a rhodes scholar raised in australia, chalmers received his phd at indiana university bloomington under douglas hofstadter. he was a postdoctoral fellow in the philosophy-neuroscience-psychology program directed by andy clark at washington university in st. louis from 1993 to 1995, and his first professorship was at uc santa cruz, from august 1995 to december 1998. chalmers was subsequently appointed professor of philosophy (1999â2004) and, later, director of the center for consciousness studies (2002â2004) at the university of arizona, sponsor of the toward a science of consciousnessconsciousness.arizona.edu conference. after appearing as a plenary speaker at the first meeting, chalmers has subsequently taken the role of co-organizer, alongside stuart hameroff, of this conference. chalmers' 1996 book, the conscious mind, was described by the sunday times as "one of the best science books of the year".the conscious mind: in search of a fundamental theory (1996), paperback edition, back cover. in the book, chalmers argues that all forms of physicalism (whether [[reductionism|redu
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