We investigate the necessary and sufficient conditions for consciousness. Consciousness is
defined as the mental aspect of a state of brain-system or brain-process from first person …

There are four major groups of metaphysics, materialism, idealism, interactive substance
dualism and inseparable dual-aspect monism (IDAM). First, three have serious problems …

The inseparable dual-aspect monism framework of consciousness, based on neuroscience,
consists of five components:(1) dual-aspect primal entities;(2) neural-Darwinism: co …

In prior work, we reported the followings:(i) There are about forty meanings attributed to the
term consciousness. They were identified and categorized according to whether they were …

Subjective experiences potentially pre—exist in the Universe, in analogy to a tree
thatpotentially pre—exists in the seed. However, the issue ofhow a spe—cific subjective …

How we consciously perceive the external world has troubled humans since the beginning
of the scientific inquiry. Pre-Socratic philosophers attempted to explain visual perception …

Quite a few recent models are rapidly introducing new concepts describing different levels of
consciousness. This situation is getting confusing because some theorists formulate their …

A general definition of consciousness is:'consciousness is a mental aspect of a system or a
process, which is a conscious experience, a conscious function, or both depending on the …

One-level accounts of consciousness have become increasingly pop ular (Dretske 1995,
Tye 1995, Siewert 1998, Thomasson 2000 and 2005, Lurz 2006, McGinn, this issue of The …

The term 'consciousness' is used in several ways: to describe a person or other creature as
being awake and sentient, to describe a person or other creature as being 'aware …