We are happy to announce David Chalmers of New York University as the Selfridge Lecturer for 2026.
David Chalmers is University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New York University. He is the author of The Conscious Mind (1996), Constructing The World (2010), and Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy (2022). He cofounded the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness and the PhilPapers Foundation. He is known for formulating the hard problem of consciousness and for the idea of the extended mind.
Prof. Chalmers will deliver the Selfridge Lecture on "What We Talk T When We Talk To Language Models" on Tuesday, February 3 at 4:30pm in HST Forum 101. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Prof. Chalmers will then give a College Talk on "Sentience and Moral Status" on Wednesday, February 4 at 4:30pm in the Scheler Humanities Forum (Linderman 200).