Actually, I Think Most People

Sense Data Are Much More Controversial Than Qualia, Because They Are Associated With A Controversial Theory Of Perception - That One Perceives The World By Perceiving One's Sense-data, Or Something Like That.

Consciousness Poses The Most Baffling Problems In The Science Of The Mind. There Is Nothing That We Know More Intimately Than Conscious Experience, But There Is Nothing That Is Harder To Explain.

How Does The Water Of The Brain Turn Into The Wine Of Consciousness?

It Probably Helps That My Background Is In The Sciences And I Can Speak The Scientists' Language.

Within Psychology And Neuroscience, Some New And Rigorous Experimental Paradigms For Studying Consciousness Have Helped It Begin To Overcome The Stigma That Has Been Attached To The Topic For Most Of This Century.