Question

On a summer day, two women walk from the outdoor heat into an air-conditioned office building. In this scenario, which of the following questions relates to the hard problem of consciousness?A) Were both women uncomfortable in the outdoor heat?B) Which woman experiences a greater drop in temperature?C) What parts of the women's brains respond to the change in temperature?D) Do both women perceive the air conditioning in the same way?

Answer 1

The question that relates to the hard problem of consciousness is:

D) Do both women perceive the air conditioning in the same way?

Step-by-step explanation:

Consciousness can be defined as our perception of our own mental processes. The hard problem of consciousness is related to why or how we are able to perceive an experience form a first-person perspective, how we are able to "feel like" something. In the case we are analyzing here, the hard problem of consciousness relates to the perception each woman has of the air conditioning. Even though they have both come from outside the building, from the same heat, into the building, to the same colder temperature, do they have the same perception of it? Or are their perceptions different because they are different people?