Churchland says, "My suspicion with respect to The Hard Problem strategy is that it seems to take the class of ____________________ to be much better defined than it is. The point is, if you are careful to restrict your focus to the prototypical cases, you can easily be hornswoggled into assuming the class is well-defined."

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Churchland is suggesting that The Hard Problem strategy, which focuses on the question of how conscious experiences arise from physical processes, assumes that the class of conscious experiences is well-defined. However, Churchland argues that this class is not well-defined and that by focusing only on prototypical cases (e.g. visual experiences) one can easily be led to assume that it is. Thus, B - conscious experiences - is the best choice.

Churchland Says, "My Suspicion with Respect to the Hard Problem