Barron and Klein (1) define consciousness very narrowly, excluding most of the attributes
commonly associated with it (eg, self-awareness). By limiting the definition to a form of …

Klein & Barron argue that insects are capable of subjective experience, ie, sentience.
Whereas we mostly agree with the conclusion of their arguments, we think there is an even …

Barron and Klein (1) propose that insects have the capacity for subjective experience. This
hypothesis is based on two questionable premises: first, that the vertebrate midbrain is …

How, why, and when consciousness evolved remain hotly debated topics. Addressing these
issues requires considering the distribution of consciousness across the animal …

The question of consciousness in other species, not least species very physically different
from humans such as insects, is highly challenging for a number of reasons. One reason is …

The best reason for believing that robots might some day become conscious is that we
human beings are conscious, and we are a sort of robot ourselves. That is, we are …

Abstract Klein & Barron's (2016)(K & B's) case for insect consciousness is a welcome
development in an area that, in all of the science and philosophy of mind, is probably the …

Sažetak Based on results from evolutionary psychology, we discuss important functions that
can be served by consciousness in autonomous robots. These include deliberately …

The vast majority of neurobiologists have long abandoned the Cartesian view of non-human
animals as unconscious automatons—acknowledging instead the high likelihood that …

Consciousness presents us with a number of different explanatory challenges. The most
fundamental, sometimes called the 'Hard Problem', is focused on how subjective states can …