David Chalmers, a jury member for the Berggruen Prize, is a Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New York University. He is also Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University and co-director of the PhilPapers Foundation. His interests are in the philosophy of mind (especially consciousness) and the foundations of cognitive science, as well the philosophy of language, metaphysics, and epistemology, and many other areas.