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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Consciousness |
 | | Consciousness in the wide sense has come to be recognized in modern times as the subject-matter of a special science, psychology; or, more definitely, phenomenal or empirical psychology. | | | A most important form of consciousness from both a philosophical and a psychological point of view is self-consciousness. | | | The scientific or systematic study of the phenomena of consciousness is modern. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04274a.htm
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| | Consciousness - Free Encyclopedia |
| | In this philosophical sense of the word "conscious", we are conscious even when we are dreaming; we are conscious of what's happening in the dream. | | | Modern discoveries on consciousness are based on study of consciousness states and the deficits caused by lesions, stroke, injury, or surgery that disrupt the normal functioning of our senses and cognitions. | | | Human behavior is affected by conscious and unconscious processes (assumed to be displaced consciousness contents and instincts), whereby the dividing line is to be drawn with difficulty. |
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http://www.wacklepedia.com/c/co/consciousness_1.html
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| | Consciousness - Eric Lormand |
| | The resulting focus on the scope and limits of introspective knowledge (see §§6-7) is apparently responsible for the modern uses of ‘conscious’ and ‘nonconscious’ to mark a potential distinction between two kinds of mental states. | | | An objective physical theory of phenomenal consciousness would presumably allow that phenomenal features are accessible from multiple points of view - for instance, both by some form of introspection and by some form of neurophysiological or psychological observation and theory. | | | One theory of consciousness that combines naturally with theory-ladenness is Rosenthal’s (1990) ‘higher-order thought&; theory. |
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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lormand/phil/cons/consciousness.htm
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| | Center for Consciousness Center . Tucson . Arizona |
| | Tononi and colleagues are pursuing this approach using a variety of experimental and theoretical modalities. | | | research on all aspects of the problem of consciousness. | | | The conference will also feature many concurrent and poster sessions on various topics including mainstream philosophy, brain imaging techniques, quantum theories of consciousness, unconscious processes and assorted first person experiential approaches. |
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http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu
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| | Consciousness in the Artificial Mind |
| | was designed to become aware of itself and to have consciousness | | | Once the concept of self or ego was established, the next step was | | | Hypnosis -- a trance pretending to be a dream. |
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http://mind.sourceforge.net/conscius.html
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| | 183 Manually selected Philosophy of Mind Resources |
| | - Research on the Global Nature of Consciousness | | | - Center for Consciousness Studies at the Univ... | | | - The denial of consciousness in non-human ani... |
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http://www.cbel.com/philosophy_of_mind
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