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The ant colony as a test for scientific theories of consciousness
The appearance of consciousness in the universe remains one of the major mysteries unsolved by science or philosophy. Absent an agreed-upon definition of consciousness or even a convenient system to test theories of consciousness, a confusing heterogeneity of theories proliferate. … Continue reading
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Tagged consciousness, social insects
How Consciousness emerged in Humans
… this week’s essay, which is the answer to that great biological question of how we humans became fully conscious. This is an especially significant question when we consider that other animals haven’t been able to develop a fully conscious mind. … Continue reading
Posted in Humans
Tagged consciousness, humans
Consciousness, joy, intelligence and society
Consciousness is what drives us forward, is what decides, what sets targets, what defines our fate. And there is a fundamental sign of the achievement of this goals and satisfaction of our personal motivations, which is joy. Bergson says: “The … Continue reading
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Tagged consciousness, intelligence, society
The Moral Importance of Understanding Consciousness
Debating whether other beings are conscious can sometimes feel like an unimportant academic exercise. But it’s not. The conclusion we reach determines how we treat animals—our livestock, our research subjects, and our neighbors in cities and other places we live. … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness, Moral, Moral consciousness, Morality
Tagged consciousness, moral, moral consciousness, morality
Truth from Trash – How Learning Makes Sense
This study of learning in autonomous agents offers a bracing intellectual adventure. Chris Thornton makes the compelling claim that learning is not a passive discovery operation but an active process involving creativity on the part of the learner. Although theorists … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness, Creativity, Learning, Recursion, Relational learning
Tagged consciousness, creativity, Learning, Recursion, relational learning
Social Consciousness, Education and Transformative Activity
This paper examines two aspects of social consciousness: consciousness in the sense of knowledge of the objective reality and consciousness in the sense of awareness of oneself as a subject in his/her social ties with other persons-subjects. In the light … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness, Empiricism, Knowledge, Learning, Social emancipation, Subjectivity, Teaching
Tagged consciousness, empiricism, knowledge, Learning, social emancipation, subjectivity, teaching
Education for Critical Consciousness
Famous for his advocacy of ‘critical pedagogy’, Paulo Freire was Latin America’s foremost educationalist, a thinker, and writer whose work and ideas continue to exert enormous influence in education throughout the world today. Education for Critical Consciousness is the main … Continue reading
Futures of Education for Rapid Global Societal Change
Education today has more in common with the nineteenth-century industrial age than with the twenty-first century. It is fragmented and compartmentalized, clinging to a factory approach to learning. We need to move away from mass education towards pluralism and planetary … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness, Culture, Education, Futures, Knowledge
Tagged consciousness, culture, education, futures, knowledge
Anthropology of the Brain: Consciousness, Culture, and Free Will
In this unique exploration of the mysteries of the human brain, Roger Bartra shows that consciousness is a phenomenon that occurs not only in the mind but also in an external network, a symbolic system. He argues that the symbolic … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Brains, Consciousness, Cultural brain, Culture, Social brain, Symbolic environment
Tagged anthropology, brain, consciousness, cultural brain, culture, social brain, symbolic environment
Consciousness and The Future of the Mind
The first thing we asked Michio Kaku when he stopped by Nautilus for an interview was what was a nice theoretical physicist like him doing studying the brain. Of course the outgoing Kaku, 67, a professor at City College of … Continue reading
Posted in Brains, Consciousness, Mind
Tagged brain, consciousness, mind