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  2. Consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Edelman also stresses the importance of the evolutionary emergence of higher-order consciousness in humans from the historically older trait of primary consciousness which humans share with non-human animals (see Neural correlates section above). These theories of integrative function present solutions to two classic problems associated with ...

  3. Animal consciousness - Wikipedia

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    According to the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, "near human-like levels of consciousness" have been observed in the grey parrot. [1] Animal consciousness, or animal awareness, is the qualityor state of self-awareness within an animal, or of being aware of an external object or something within itself.

  4. Consciousness Explained - Wikipedia

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    Consciousness Explained. Consciousness Explained is a 1991 book by the American philosopher Daniel Dennett, in which the author offers an account of how consciousness arises from interaction of physical and cognitive processes in the brain. Dennett describes consciousness as an account of the various calculations occurring in the brain at close ...

  5. Phenomenology (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Paul Sartre. Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Phenomenology is a philosophical study and movement largely associated with the early 20th century that seeks to objectively investigate the nature of subjective, conscious experience. It attempts to describe the universal features of consciousness while avoiding assumptions about the external world ...

  6. The Origins and History of Consciousness - Wikipedia

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    53-12527. The Origins and History of Consciousness (German: Ursprungsgeschichte des Bewusstseins) is a 1949 book by the psychologist and philosopher Erich Neumann, in which the author attempts to "outline the archetypal stages in the development of consciousness". It was first published in English in 1954 in a translation by R. F. C. Hull.

  7. Sentience - Wikipedia

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    According to Antonio Damasio, sentience is a minimalistic way of defining consciousness, which otherwise commonly and collectively describes sentience plus further features of the mind and consciousness, such as creativity, intelligence, sapience, self-awareness, and intentionality (the ability to have thoughts about something).

  8. Human nature - Wikipedia

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    Human nature comprises the fundamental dispositions and characteristics—including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting —that humans are said to have naturally. The term is often used to denote the essence of humankind, or what it ' means ' to be human.

  9. Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Hard problem of consciousness. In the philosophy of mind, the hard problem of consciousness is to explain why and how humans and other organisms have qualia, phenomenal consciousness, or subjective experience. [1][2] It is contrasted with the "easy problems" of explaining why and how physical systems give a (healthy) human being the ability to ...