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'''Consciousness''' is the quality or state of being 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> | '''Consciousness''' is the quality or state of being 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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Revision as of 15:32, January 8, 2015
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]
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References
- ↑ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consciousness
- ↑ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fDMNg2y9UN8C&pg=PA161&dq=consciousness+%22self-directedness%22
- ↑ http://www.consciousentities.com/bats.htm
- ↑ http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v5/psyche-5-16-saidel.html
- ↑ http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/448