Contemporary Scientific Materialism and Physicalist Debates (1990s–present)

1. Dennett defends a naturalistic theory of consciousness

   Jan 1, 1991Labels: Daniel Dennett, Consciousness Explained

   • Cambridge Core

2. Chalmers frames the “hard problem” challenge

   Jan 1, 1995Labels: David Chalmers, Hard Problem

   • Chalmers paper
   • Scholarpedia

3. Chalmers argues for nonreductive options

   Jan 1, 1996Labels: David Chalmers, The Conscious

   • OUP catalog
   • Scholarpedia

4. Churchland criticizes “hard problem” pessimism

   Jan 1, 1996Labels: Patricia Churchland

   • PhilPapers
   • Horizons

5. Jackson defends conceptual analysis for physicalism debates

   Jan 1, 1998Labels: Frank Jackson

   • ANU profile
   • NLA catalog

6. Kim intensifies the mental-causation “exclusion” problem

   Oct 27, 1998Labels: Jaegwon Kim, Mind in

   • MIT Press
   • Cambridge Core

7. Papineau defends materialism via causal closure

   Apr 25, 2002Labels: David Papineau, Thinking about

   • OUP Academic
   • OBNB

8. Block highlights the “harder problem” of consciousness

   Aug 1, 2002Labels: Ned Block

   • PDCnet

9. Tononi proposes a quantitative physical theory (IIT)

   Nov 2, 2004Labels: Giulio Tononi, Integrated Information

   • BMC Neurosci

10. Strawson revives panpsychism within “realistic physicalism”

    Jan 1, 2006Labels: Galen Strawson, Realistic Monism

    • PhilPapers
    • CentAUR

11. Chalmers consolidates two-dimensional and conceivability tools

    Oct 7, 2010Labels: David Chalmers, The Character

    • OUP Academic
    • Cambridge Core

12. Frankish formalizes “illusionism” as an anti-qualia strategy

    Jan 1, 2016Labels: Keith Frankish, Illusionism

    • SEP Physicalism

13. Devlin Brown surveys the continuing “exclusion” debate

    Jan 30, 2019Labels: Devlin Brown, Exclusion Debate

    • Oxford Academic

14. Goff popularizes panpsychism in mainstream debate

    Aug 6, 2019Labels: Philip Goff, Galileo's Error

    • Book record

15. Contemporary physicalism becomes a pluralistic research program

    Jan 1, 2023Labels: Contemporary Physicalism

    • OUP Analysis
    • BMC Neurosci