Consciousness is something that is experienced daily, whether we describe our consciousness or our perception of the physical world. David Chalmers gives his view on consciousness by first identifying the easy problems presented by consciousness and then the hard problems that are confusing and cannot be fully explained. The difficult problem constitutes a crucial topic which has prompted many philosophers to attempt to provide a solution to this problem. For Chalmers, the hard problem concerns our experience. Ned Block addresses a difficult problem by presenting his ideology of the epistemic gap that exists between phenomenal consciousness and access consciousness. The explanation of how the mind can discriminate stimuli, report information, or even control behavior can easily be narrowed down through science. These are practical problems that can be solved and even structured. Through the study of cognitive processes, these problems can be solved systematically and mechanistically. However, what cannot be fully explained by the cognitive process is our first-person experience. Our experience is subjective, which is why we each develop a different experience from each other. In the mind, activities can be observed when a person experiences a phenomenon, but the question remains how physical sensations and experience are related. We are incredibly aware of our experience, and that experience is personal to us. Our mind enters a particular state when it experiences different emotions or feels pain. Our phenomenal consciousness called qualia accompanies our senses and, therefore, we gain our experience in the first person. Using the conceivability argument, Chalmers distinguishes between cognitive and subjective experience...... middle of paper ...... property. In conclusion, Block fails to provide an answer to Chalmers' difficult problem. While Block and Chalmers support the idea that there is a separation between physical access to the world and phenomenal consciousness, Block's account fails to escape the invalidation of his argument with the example of the case of Mary through the knowledge argument. However, an insightful explanation of access consciousness and how it works allows us to better understand the cognitive properties and certainly separates it from phenomenal consciousness. Although this is basically categorized as an easy problem and leaves out the hard problem.Works CitedBlock, Ned. "Consciousness, philosophical questions about." The Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences. Web.Chalmers, David J. “Consciousness and Its Place in Nature.” School of Social Sciences Research. Print.