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'''Consciousness''' is a characteristic of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and one's environment. It is a subject of much research in philosophy of mind, psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science.

'''Consciousness''' is a characteristic of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and one's environment. It is a subject of much research in philosophy of mind, psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science.

Some philosophers divide consciousness into phenomenal consciousness, which is subjective experience itself, and access consciousness, which refers to the global availability of information to processing systems in the brain. Phenomenal consciousness is a state with [[qualia]]. Phenomenal consciousness is being something and access consciousness is being conscious of something.

Some philosophers divide consciousness into phenomenal consciousness, which is subjective experience itself, and access consciousness, which refers to the global availability of information to processing systems in the brain. Phenomenal consciousness is a state with [[qualia]]. Phenomenal consciousness is being something and access consciousness is being conscious of something.

 

An understanding of necessary preconditions for consciousness in the human brain may allow us to address important ethical questions. For instance, how is the presence of consciousness to be assessed in severely ill or disabled individuals? To what extent are non-human animals conscious? At what point in fetal development does consciousness begin? Can machines achieve conscious states? Are today's autonome and intelligent machines already conscious? These issues are of great interest to those concerned with the ethical treatment of other beings, be they animals, fetuses, or, in the future, machines.

An understanding of necessary preconditions for consciousness in the human brain may allow us to address important ethical questions. For instance, how is the presence of consciousness to be assessed in severely ill or disabled individuals? To what extent are non-human animals conscious? At what point in fetal development does consciousness begin? Can machines achieve conscious states? Are today's autonome and intelligent machines already conscious? These issues are of great interest to those concerned with the ethical treatment of other beings, be they animals, fetuses, or, in the future, machines.

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

==See also==

==See also==

* [[God-consciousness]]

* [[God-consciousness]]

* [[Nirvikalpa|Nirvikalpa Samadhi]]

* [[Collective Unconscious]]

* [[Nirvana]]

==Further Reading==

==Further Reading==

 

*''The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution'', [[P.D. Ouspensky]], [http://www.livingstonemusic.net/Psychology%20of%20Man's%20Possible%20Evolution.pdf Online Version]

*''The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution'', [[P.D. Ouspensky]], [https://www.livingstonemusic.net/Psychology%20of%20Man's%20Possible%20Evolution.pdf Online Version]

*''The [[Dhammapada]]'', trans. Harischandra Kaviratna, [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/dhamma/dham-hp.htm Online Version]

*''The [[Dhammapada]]'', trans. Harischandra Kaviratna, [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/dhamma/dham-hp.htm Online Version]

*''Discourses of Rumi (Fihi Ma Fihi)'', trans. A.J. Arberry, [http://www.omphaloskepsis.com/ebooks/pdf/discour.pdf Online Version]

*''Discourses of Rumi (Fihi Ma Fihi)'', trans. A.J. Arberry, [https://www.omphaloskepsis.com/ebooks/pdf/discour.pdf Online Version]

 

*''The Evolution of Consciousness'', [[Robert Ornstein]]

*''The Evolution of Consciousness'', [[Robert Ornstein]]

*''The Degrees of The Soul'', Shaykh Abd Al-Khaliq Al-Shabrawi, Quilliam Press

*''The Degrees of The Soul'', Shaykh Abd Al-Khaliq Al-Shabrawi, Quilliam Press

==External Links==

==External Links==

* [http://www.HigherCons.com/ HigherCons - Social Networking for Higher Consciousness]

* [https://www.HigherCons.com/ HigherCons - Social Networking for Higher Consciousness]

* [http://www.theosophy.org/ Theosophy.org]

* [https://www.theosophy.org/ Theosophy.org]

* [http://www.swamij.com/index.htm swamij.com]

* [https://www.swamij.com/index.htm swamij.com]

* [http://www.dlshq.org/ The Divine Life Society]

* [https://www.dlshq.org/ The Divine Life Society]

* [http://www.godconsciousness.com/quotes.htm Quotes on God consciousness]

* [https://www.godconsciousness.com/quotes.htm Quotes on God consciousness]

* [http://www.imprint.co.uk/Wilber.htm Ken Wilber's Integral Theory of Consciousness] from ''Journal of Consciousness Studies''

* [https://www.imprint.co.uk/Wilber.htm Ken Wilber's Integral Theory of Consciousness] from ''Journal of Consciousness Studies''

* [http://www.encyclopedia-of-religion.org/consciousness.html Consciousness] from Encyclopedia of Spiritual Knowledge

* [https://www.encyclopedia-of-religion.org/consciousness.html Consciousness] from Encyclopedia of Spiritual Knowledge

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