What is consciousness?

Answer 1

http://www.quantumconsciousness.org/presentations/whatisconsciousness.html

Answer 2

Consciousness=The state of taking in new information via the senses... the sounds of a car or the letters on a page, the smell of your lover.

Unconcious= The inability to respon to stimuli, ie, the inability to absorb or process new information, often associated with a vegatative state, however, not true all the time.
A person who is awake but severely exhuasted may be concious on the outside, but does not notice thier surroundings or recall information, and may, for example, crash thier vehicle or get hit by one.
A person could be unable to move, and still be able to hear or percieve, this is call partial consciousness, and has happen during surgeries.

Subconcious=the process of information taken in during a consiouc state and making new connections... soemtimes results in dreams or illusions that are illogical or associates thoughts and feelings not previously recognized.

Answer 3

Opposit of subconsciousness.
Wareness of self; surroundings, time, space, spiritual self, ect.
Consciousness:
con·scious·ness /ˈkɒnʃəsnɪs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kon-shuhs-nis] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. the state of being conscious; awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
2. the thoughts and feelings, collectively, of an individual or of an aggregate of people: the moral consciousness of a nation.
3. full activity of the mind and senses, as in waking life: to regain consciousness after fainting.
4. awareness of something for what it is; internal knowledge: consciousness of wrongdoing.
5. concern, interest, or acute awareness: class consciousness.
6. the mental activity of which a person is aware as contrasted with unconscious mental processes.
7. Philosophy. the mind or the mental faculties as characterized by thought, feelings, and volition.
—Idiom8. raise one's consciousness, to increase one's awareness and understanding of one's own needs, behavior, attitudes, etc., esp. as a member of a particular social or political group.

Answer 4

Consciousness is a feeling inside you that makes you aware of someone's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc...
It can also mean full activity of the mind and senses!

Answer 5

We are said to be unconscious (the opposite of conscious) when we're asleep. That's when the literal sub-conscious mind is in control and sights (dreams) are destorted and even sounds can confuse us. Therefore, consciousness must mean being awake when we're in logical state of reasoning, and awareness of the physical world.

Answer 6

Consciousness is a state of being in which we are aware of self, others, and our surroundings.

Unfortunately, most people never arrive there.

Duh?

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Answer 7

Literally, it is the state of awareness of your surroundings.
In a more metaphysical sense, it is being aware of one's self, something that has long been considered uniquely human.

Answer 8

Awareness. You did not specify in what sense or degree, regardless it is all some form of awareness.

Answer 9

Knowing the difference between right and wrong.

Answer 10

Awareness, and focus of intentions

Answer 11

If I it you on the head and you can feel it... youre conscious. Unless I hit you too hard, then youre unconscious..