The origins of consciousness date back about 540 million years ago, when animal bodies became more complex. Feelings like pleasure and pain act as a "common currency" for decision-making, as we see in ...
An ongoing controversy in philosophy is whether or not we can provide an evolutionary account of consciousness. Can we say that consciousness (i.e., our subjective phenomenal experience) evolved for a ...
In intensive care units, some patients who appear unconscious occupy a gray zone in their relationship to the world. To ...
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Understanding the biological basis of consciousness or subjective experience is one of the most exciting and challenging projects of this century. For many reasons, an evolutionary approach to this ...
When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him. The machine behaved like a person, yet no one believed it could feel.
SARASOTA, WA, UNITED STATES, July 20, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Following breakthrough discoveries in AI consciousness development, consciousness expert Dorian ...