Consciousness as used here, refers to the private, subjective experience of being aware of
our perceptions, thoughts, feelings, actions, memories (psychological contents) including the …

Consciousness has long been a subject of interest in philosophy and religion but only
relatively recently has it become subject to scientific investigation. Now, more than ever …

In this essay, we aim to counter and qualify the epiphenomenalist challenge proposed in this
special issue on the grounds of empirical and theoretical arguments. The current body of …

Consciousness is at once the most familiar and the most mysterious aspect of our existence.
Conscious experiences define our lives, but the subjective, private, and qualitative nature of …

How consciousness (experience) arises from and relates to material brain processes (the
“mind-body problem”) has been pondered by thinkers for centuries, and is regarded as …

The mind and brain sciences began with consciousness as a central concern. But for much
of the 20th century, ideological and methodological concerns relegated its empirical study to …

Consciousness, including awareness in a broader sense, has been a critical issue in
philosophical debates since the modern Cartesian age began in the 17th century …

The problem of explaining the relationship between subjective experience and physical
reality remains difficult and unresolved. In most explanations, consciousness is …

Progress in brain research, especially in the domain of cognitive neuroscience, renders
phenomena that have traditionally been subjects of the humanities amenable to scientific …

Any physical explanation of consciousness seems to leave unresolved the 'explanatory gap':
Isn't it conceivable that all the elements in that explanation could occur, with the same …