Consciousness could be a fundamental part of reality, like gravity or matter, according to this controversial theory.

i) neutral between the view that consciousness is (to simplify) identical to parts of your brain and what goes on inside of ...

More and more experts seem open to the possibility of AI systems being conscious. David Chalmers, the renowned philosopher ...

Is consciousness everywhere? In every rock and atom? That is what panpsychists like the philosopher Philip Goff believe. They ...

Consciousness has long resisted neat explanations, but a growing body of research suggests the problem may lie in how we ...

The brain in a jar is a different inquiry than traditional questions about artificial intelligence. The brain in a jar asks whether thinking requires a thinker. The possibility of artificial ...

Transcranial focused ultrasound could enable research into consciousness, a research team has suggested, providing a roadmap ...

Do trees have minds? A friend posed this question during one of the high school afternoons we habitually spent—no doubt with too much time on our hands—engaging in amateur philosophical banter. It ...