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Is Consciousness an Illusion?

Is Consciousness an Illusion?

by Ralph Lewis | Oct 22, 2020 | Uncategorised

The brain insists it has a nonphysical conscious essence. This may be because it evolved a simplified, abstracted model of its attention processes, with the details edited out. (Part 5 of 5)
Are We All Zombies? (Are Humans Truly Conscious?)

Are We All Zombies? (Are Humans Truly Conscious?)

by Ralph Lewis | Oct 15, 2020 | Uncategorised

Consciousness is a user-illusion, blindly honed by biological evolution but layered with language and culture and deepened by the chemistry of emotion. (Part 4 of 5)
How Consciousness Evolved as a Purely Physical Phenomenon

How Consciousness Evolved as a Purely Physical Phenomenon

by Ralph Lewis | Oct 8, 2020 | Uncategorised

The ability of nervous systems to form internal representations is fundamentally a physical process. This is key to understanding how consciousness works and how it evolved. (Part 3 of 5)
The Evolutionary Origins of Consciousness

The Evolutionary Origins of Consciousness

by Ralph Lewis | Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorised

Consciousness is purely the product of a brain comprised of physical particles. So how come it FEELS like something—a subjective experience? (Part 2 of 5)

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