Questions About Consciousness

Explore how different theories of consciousness answer fundamental questions about the nature of mind, subjective experience, and awareness.

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Hard Problem

The hard problem: why does physical processing give rise to subjective experience?

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Mechanism

What specific mechanism distinguishes conscious processing from unconscious processing of equal complexity?

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Empirical Dissociations

How does this theory account for known dissociations between consciousness and neural processing — such as anesthesia abolishing consciousness while preserving neural activity, split-brain cases, and blindsight?

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Boundary Conditions

What is the smallest or simplest system this theory predicts could be conscious, and how would that be tested?

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Testability

What specific, falsifiable predictions does this theory make that could distinguish it from competing theories, and what evidence would falsify it?

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