2007-05-30 03:17:37 · 12 answers · asked by q 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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2007-05-30 03:25:30 · answer #1 · answered by Knick Knox 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are several definitions of consciousness. Some people say it is but the result of a billion babbling neurons in your brain, all acting as one. I, however, like to believe in a deeper meaning of the word. Consciousness is the ability to see the world around you and to dig deeply into its meaning. Consciousness is knowing who you are and what role you play on this planet. It is more than just an illusion cast by the processes of your mind. It is something much more complex and beautiful than that.
2007-05-30 10:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by You Had Me At HellNo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consciousness is considered by most as simply being a processor - therefore even animals have consciousness. The question is the problem. Self awareness or self knowledge is being "fully, or wholly (holy) conscious of oneSelf and The Real (what is real as opposed to programmed misperception). The significance of full consciousness is that it is synonymous with full aliveness - awareness that one is experiencing eternal aliveness is heaven/nirvana.
A better question is, "What is full consciousness?"
2007-05-30 12:52:24 · answer #3 · answered by MysticMaze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consciousness is a quality 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 the ground of being; it is the one and only, the absolute" (Goswami, A., Ph.D.).
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.
[1] 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.
In common parlance, consciousness denotes being awake and responsive to one's environment; this contrasts with being asleep or being in a coma
2007-05-30 10:44:35 · answer #4 · answered by noonchy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is one of those "ultimate questions". There is a branch of psychology, cognitive psychology, that deals with this question. It seems that consciousness occurs in the corpus colossum of the brain, where many neural pathways intersect. It is quite amazing, that awareness, emotion, memory all arise as a chemical process.
2007-05-30 10:22:14 · answer #5 · answered by jxt299 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consciousness is that which asks the question "What is consciousness?" This is circular, because consciousness defines itself.
2007-05-30 10:34:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because I think so I'm conscious...
Because of my consciousness make me a human...
2007-06-05 22:25:47 · answer #7 · answered by johan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My awareness of life. Knowing right from wrong.
2007-06-04 14:08:19 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being "awake". I don't mean not sleeping. I mean being in control of your thoughts. That is the answer.
2007-06-06 12:42:40 · answer #9 · answered by Vixen23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its awareness.Awareness about oneself and one's own environment.
2007-06-07 07:47:08 · answer #10 · answered by bnsrrinivasan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋