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'''Consciousness''' is the quality or state of being [[awareness|aware]].<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consciousness</ref>  To be conscious in the philosophical sense means to have mental processes that are self-directed <ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fDMNg2y9UN8C&pg=PA161&dq=consciousness+%22self-directedness%22</ref> and which provide a locus of subjective experience.<ref>http://www.consciousentities.com/bats.htm</ref> [[Animal]]s are alleged to possess a form of consciousness <ref>http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v5/psyche-5-16-saidel.html</ref> although this is not necessarily to be equated with the [[Christian]] notion of having [[moral]] worth or an [[immortal]] [[soul]].<ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/448</ref>
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'''Consciousness''' is the quality or state of being [[awareness|aware]].<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consciousness</ref>  To be conscious in the philosophical sense means to have mental processes that are self-directed <ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fDMNg2y9UN8C&pg=PA161&dq=consciousness+%22self-directedness%22</ref> and which provide a locus of subjective experience.<ref>http://www.consciousentities.com/bats.htm</ref> [[Animal]]s are alleged to possess a form of consciousness <ref>http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v5/psyche-5-16-saidel.html</ref> although this is not necessarily to be equated with the [[Christian]] notion of having [[moral]] worth or an [[immortal]] [[soul]].<ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/448</ref>
  
 
== Origin of consciousness ==
 
== Origin of consciousness ==

Revision as of 14:57, September 26, 2018

Consciousness is the quality or state of being aware.[1] To be conscious in the philosophical sense means to have mental processes that are self-directed [2] and which provide a locus of subjective experience.[3] Animals are alleged to possess a form of consciousness [4] although this is not necessarily to be equated with the Christian notion of having moral worth or an immortal soul.[5]

Origin of consciousness

See also: Origin of human consciousness and Atheism and irrationality

The atheist worldview cannot explain the existence of consciousness and the theistic worldview can offer a reasonable explanation.[6][7]

Consciousness in Buddhism

Consciousness or Vijnana in Sanskrit is the fifth of the Five aggregates in Buddhist philosophy of mind.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consciousness
  2. ↑ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fDMNg2y9UN8C&pg=PA161&dq=consciousness+%22self-directedness%22
  3. ↑ http://www.consciousentities.com/bats.htm
  4. ↑ http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v5/psyche-5-16-saidel.html
  5. ↑ http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/448
  6. ↑ The Argument from Consciousness for the Existence of God
  7. ↑ Consciousness: One of Atheism's Irresolvable Problems
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