Consciousness is difficult to study

Nick Shea, IP Professor of Philosophy, was interviewed by Catherine De Lange for a special issue of New Scientist on difficult concepts. They discussed how people sort between 'difficult' and everyday concepts, and whether concept-metacognition is involved. That didn't make it into the magazine, but there is a nice short piece on why consciousness is a difficult thing to study:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831840-300-how-to-think-about-consciousness/