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hard problem

in philosophy of mind, the difficulty of explaining the emergence of the qualitative nature (see qualia) of subjective experience on the basis of the physical nature of the brain. [terminology proposed by Australian philosopher David Chalmers (1966–  )]

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disorders of excessive somnolence (DOES)

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